Bio:
Stephen J. Farnsworth, Ph.D., teaches courses in political communication and journalism at George Mason University, where he is assistant professor of communication. Dr. Farnsworth, a former Canada-U.S. Fulbright Research Scholar at McGill University in Montreal is currently working on research focused on US and international news coverage of environmental matters.He is the author or coauthor of four books, most recently "Spinner in Chief: How Presidents Sell Their Policies and Themselves" (Paradigm Press), as well as dozens of articles on the mass media and the presidency.
Education:
Ph.D. Department of Government, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. 1997.
M.A. Department of Government, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. 1993.
B.A. With Honors, Department of History, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. 1990.
B.A. With Honors, Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 1983
Selected publications:
Farnsworth, S. J., and Lichter, S.R. (2011). The nightly news nightmare: Television's coverage of U.S. Presidential elections, 1988-2008 (3rd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Farnsworth, S. J. (2009). Spinner in Chief: How Presidents Sell Their Policies and Themselves. (Paradigm Publishers).
Farnsworth, S. J., & Lichter, S. R., Network television’s coverage of the 2008 Presidential election. Accepted for publication, American Behavioral Scientist.
Farnsworth, S. J., Lichter, S. R., & Schatz, Roland (2009). CBC news coverage of Canada’s 2006 liberal leadership candidates. American Review of Canadian Studies 39(3): 290-302.
Farnsworth, S. J., & Lichter, S. R. (2009). Iraq, 9/11 and the mediated Presidency of George W. Bush. American Review of Politics 29(2): 331-50.
Farnsworth, S. J., & Lichter, S. R. (2006). The 2004 New Hampshire democratic primary and network news. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 11(1): 53-63..
Curriculum vitae:
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Contact:
sfarnswo@gmu.edu
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