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Robert Mathew Entman
Born (1949-11-07) November 7, 1949 (age 74)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
EducationA.B. in political science from Duke University, M.P.P. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in political science, Yale University
Known forPolitical communication
ChildrenMax Entman
Emily Entman
Awards2012 Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Scientific career
FieldsCommunication studies, media studies
ThesisThe psychology of legislative behavior: Ideology, personality, power, and policy (1977)
Websitehttps://robertmentman.com/

Robert Mathew Entman (born November 7, 1949) is the J.B. and M.C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs and Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University.

Education

Entman earned his A.B. in political science from Duke University, his M.P.P. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow.[1]

Career

Before joining George Washington University, Entman taught at Duke, Northwestern University and North Carolina State University. He also served as a visiting professor at Harvard University for one semester in 1997 and as Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Duke for the 2008-09 academic year.[1]

Work

Entman's research has included studies of the portrayal of race and crime on local television news,[2] as well as the effects of television news on Americans' desire to be involved in politics.[3]

Books

Edited book chapters

Journal articles

Awards

Entman received the 2012 Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the University of Texas’ 2011 Danielson Award for Distinguished Contributions to Communication Scholarship; the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association; the Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association's Political Communication Section; and Harvard’s Goldsmith Book Prize for his 2000 book The Black Image in the White Mind, which he co-authored with Andrew Rojecki.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Robert Entman". George Washington University. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ^ Davidson, Jean (1994-05-17). "Violence, Race Taint Local Tv News Coverage, According To Study". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. ^ Young, Dannagal (2016-11-30). "How to Deal With 2016 Despair". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

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