CURRICULUM VITAE
(914) 235-8046
andersen@fordham.edu (718) 817 4850
Education:
1986 Ph.D.,
Dissertation Title: The United States Press
Coverage of Conflict in the Third World: The Case of
1980 Master of Arts,
Department of Social Sciences, Major: Sociology of Media
1974 Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude,
Special Project: Anthropology & Primitive Art History
A Century of Media, A Century of War. (2006)
Critical
Studies in Media Commercialism. (2000)
Consumer
Culture and TV Programming. (1995) Westview Press:
Battleground
the Media.
Encyclopedia
of the Culture Wars. Roger Chapman, editor.
Encyclopedia of
Social Problems,
Book Chapters:
“Conclusion: Empathy,
Innocence and Social Priorities,”
“Militainment: The Iraq
War as ‘Reality’ Show and Videogame Entertainment,” (2006) Banal Militarism,
Fabian Virchow and Tanja Thomas (eds),
“The Military Entertainment News Complex,”
(2005) Censored 2006, Peter Phillips (ed.),
“Afterword: Then and Now: Notes on the Historical
Significance of The Trial of the
“From
Saving Private Lynch to the “Top Gun” President: The Made-for-TV-“Reality” War,
(2003). Censored 2004, Peter Phillips (ed.)
“The Thrill is Gone:
Advertising, Gender Representation, and the Loss of Desire,”(2002) Sex and Money, Eileen Meehan and Ellen Riorden (eds.),
“Road to Ruin: The
Cultural Mythology of SUVs,” (2000) Critical Studies in Media Commercialism,
“The Commercial Politics of the 1996 Presidential Campaign,” (2000) Critical Studies in
Media Commercialism,
University Press.
“Is the Press Really
Free?” (2000) Censored 2000: The News That Didn’t Make The News, Peter Phillips (ed.),
“Selling “Mother
Earth”: Advertising and the Myth of the Natural,” (2000) Reclaiming The
Environmental Debate: The Politics of Health in a Toxic Culture, Richard
Hofrichter (ed.),
“The Marketing Is The Message,” (2000) Mediaocracy: How the Media “Stole” the 2000 Election,
"Women, Welfare and the United States
Media," (1997) Communication Ethics and Universal Values. Clifford
Christians and Michael Traber (eds.),
"Is "Balanced" Coverage Really Fair
Coverage?" and "Doing the Leg Work in
"Oliver
North and the News," (1992), Journalism and Popular Culture. Peter Dahlgren and Colin Sparks (eds.),
Journal Articles:
“Damsels, Deviants, and Top Guns: The Gendered Imagery of War,” Feminist Media Studies Special issue on Gender and War, November 2005.
"Media, Marketing
and Politics in the Age of Fragmentation," (1992), The Ideology of
International Communications, Monograph Series: #4. The Institute for Media
Analysis:
"The Press, the
Public, and the
"Chatter in the
Age of Electronic Reproduction: TV Talk Shows and the Public Mind,"
(1990), with Paolo Carpignano,
"Images of War:
Photojournalism, Ideology and
"Visions
of Instability: US Television's Law and Order News of
Media Critiques and Commentary:
“Memory Unerased: Deep Dish Documents the Unseen
“George Gerbner, 1919-2005: From Anti-Fascist Fighter to Cultural Environmentalist,”
(2006). EXTRA! (February)
“On the Shoulders of Giants: Unbroken Threads in Media Criticism,” (2006). EXTRA!
Twentieth Anniversary Edition. (January)
“That’s Militainment!: The Pentagon’s Media Friendly ‘Reality’ War,” (2003). EXTRA! Vol.16.No.3 (June)
“The Marketing Is The Message,” November 2000,
“TV Can’t Tell You How
It Is,” April 2000,
“Road to Ruin: The Greening of Environmental Destruction,” (1998). EXTRA! September, pp. 21-22.
"That's Entertainment: How "Reality"-Based Crime Shows Market Police Brutality," (1994), EXTRA! Volume 7, No.3. (May/June) pp. 15-17.
"The Press
and
“The Talk Show’s Lost Potential,” (2000). Common
Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture, third edition,
Michael Petracca and Madeleine Sorapure (eds.),
"Reality TV and Criminal
Injustice," (1996). Exploring
Diversity:
"Reality TV and Criminal Injustice," (1994). The Humanist. Volume 54, No.5. (September/October) pp. 8-13.
"Chatter in the Age of Electronic
Reproduction: Talk Television and the Public Mind," (1993), with Paolo
Carpignano,
"Consuming the Persian Gulf War: Changing
Modes of Nonfiction Communication," (1992). Proceedings: 9th Annual
Intercultural and International Communication Conference.
"Visions of
Instability: US Television's Law and Order News of
“Words of Fire: Independent Journalists Who Challenge Dictators, Druglords, and Other Enemies of a Free Press,” by Anthony Collings. (June 2003) Book review for Journal of Communication, Vol.53, No.2
"A Review of Citizens, Politics, and Social Communication: Information and Influence in an Election Campaign," (1996), Political Science Quarterly (Fall).
Series Editor:
Praeger Greenwood: New Directions in Media, 2005 to present.
Editorial Board Member:
The Democratic Communique, the journal of the
Mental Illness Watch, consolidating information about mental illness on the Internet.
Project Censored Judge.
Biography Award: Co-founded the Annual Sperber Biography Award for full-length book on
a media professional.
Reviews: Frequently reviews books, manuscripts and papers for publishers, journals and professional organizations.
Positions:
Associate Professor, Communication and Media Studies,
Fall 98-Present: Director, Peace and
Justice Studies,
July 95-Fall 98: Chair, Department of
Communication and Media Studies,
1988‑91: Assistant Chair, Department
of Communications,
Summer 1987: News and Public Affairs Director, WFUV 90.7 FM Fordham University
Teaching Experience:
1987 Presently: Associate Professor, Department of Communication
and Media Studies,
Undergraduate courses:
History and Culture of Advertising
Gender Images in Media
Newsmaking
Peace, Justice and the Media
Previously Taught
Principles of Audio Production
Telecommunication
Television and Society
Movies From Novels
The Documentary Idea
Graduate:
Foundations of Communication
Advertising Critiques
Political Communication
Government and Its Publics
Propaganda and Persuasion
1986 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Special Topics in Theory
American News Media
Sociology of Culture: Mass Media and Society
Organizational Behavior
Respondent to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps,
Media Conglomeration and Democracy,
“New trends in the advertising and marketing of alcoholic beverages to Young People.”
Testimony to the
"Report from An All Day Roundtable Conference
to Enhance the Number and the Status of Minority Women in the Media,"
(1988). The
Center for Conflict Studies,
The Global
American Forum panelist,
The American Culture
Journalism Forum,
The Christian
Association,
The Graduate Record Organization of the
Conferences and Professional Organizations: Peer reviewed papers and panels presented at the following organization conferences:
International Communication Association
International Association of Mass Communication Research
National Communication Association
Intercultural and International Communication Conference
Intercultural Communication Conference on Latin
America and the
Latin American Studies Association
International Research in Journalism Seminar,
Faculty Advisor, Women in Communication, Society for Professional Journalists
MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
“Channels of War: The
Media is the Military,” Shocking and Awful, 13 part series for cable and
Public Television on the War and Occupation of Iraq. On-air
analysis of media coverage. Included in the
“Beyond Good and Evil,” Educational DVD distributed by the Media Education Foundation, Consultant and on-camera analyst.
“From Tragedy To War,” Studio co-host and media analyst. Videotape with Paper Tiger Television, September 2001.
“The Inauguration of George W. Bush,” Videotape with Paper Tiger Television, Media Criticism Segment, January 2001.
“Crashing the Party,”
“Road To Ruin: The Real Dirt on SUVs,” Videotape with Paper Tiger Television, 1998. Finalist, Santa Cruz Community Media Earth Visions‘98 competition.
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Programming Radio 1988: Produced a series of five
news features covering Constitutional Issues funded by the New York Council for
the Humanities. Aired on The Gazette, WFUV 90.7 FM,
WFUV's Elections Special Coverage. Two hour live commentary and analysis of the media coverage of the 1988 Presidential Election, 90.7 FM.
Radio 1987: Creator and Co‑producer of the Saturday Gazette. Weekly news and
feature magazine. Local origination programming developed for WFUV 90.7 FM,
Documentaries Radio 1984: Produced, wrote, and
narrated a half‑hour radio documentary, Elections in
Video 1984: Co‑produced, directed cameras, and
interviews for a one‑hour video documentary on
Latin American music. Shot on location in
Radio 1984: Produced, wrote, and narrated a one‑hour radio documentary for National Public
Radio's Satellite Program Development Fund (SPDF), The Music of
Video 1982: Special Assistant to Production; assisted with editing, script writing, and directed English voice‑over, for a half‑hour television documentary on El Salvador, Soldiers and Rebels. Distributed to public television through KCET Los Angeles, Presente series.
Dr. Andersen is a
frequent commentator and has appeared on numerous TV programs. She serves as an
expert source for print and online publications as well, offering analysis and
media criticism.