Expertise

His primary research area is human cognition of mediated messages. He engages in three areas of investigation involving the representation, utilization, and manipulation of information. He studies the basic processes of cognition, including perception, attention and memory as well as individual and situational differences in cognition. He is also known for his research in television news and international communication.

Primary Research Interests

  • Communication Research Methods
  • Emergent Media
  • Media Content
  • Media Credibility
  • Media Effects
  • Sports Communication
Past Affiliations

Leonard H. Goldenson Endowed Chair, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia (past)

Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia (past)

Professor, Department of Journalism & Creative Media, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama

Associate Professor, Department of Journalism & Creative Media, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama

Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism & Creative Media, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama

Communities
Multimedia Communication, Journalism, Film
Degrees
MA, Indiana University Bloomington, Journalism
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, Mass Communication
BA, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, English Language and Literature
BS, South China University of Tropical Agriculture, Hainan, P. R. China, Cultivation of Tropical Crops
Keywords
film or cinema or video
Languages
Chinese, Cantonese, Chinese, Mandarin, Chinese, Mandarin, French
Associations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Communication Association