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Dhavan V. Shah is Louis A. and Mary E. Maier-Bascom Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he focuses on political and strategic communication. He is faculty in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of Political Science. His research concerns the social psychology of media influence with particular attention to communication effects on political judgment, public opinion, lifestyle politics, and civic participation. He has authored over 60 journal articles and book chapters and received grants from Ford, PBS, CPB, Carnegie, Pew, Rockefeller Brothers, C.I.R.C.L.E. and Russell Sage. For details, see the Research and CV sections.

 

Call for Papers:

Special Issue of Political Communication: Communication and Political Socialization | More Info |


University Affiliations:

Political Communication at the UW: A cross-departmental consortium of faculty examining the connections between mass media, citizen communication, and politics. The website lists faculty affiliates, their interests and departmental affiliations, and courses available to students. | More Info |

Consumer Culture and Civic Participation (CCCP): A working group investigating the fluid and evolving relationship among mass media, consumption, markets, and civic and political life. Organizer of "The Politics of Consumption/The Consumption of Politics" coinference and ANNALS volume. | More Info |

Mass Communications Research Center - "Media and Politics" (MCRC-MAP): This research team explores the psychological underpinnings of political communication influences, especially message framing and priming effects, using dynamic online survey experiments. | More Info |

Mass Communications Research Center - "Blog Club" (MCRC-BC): This research team explores the social and psychological effects of the blogosphere using surveys and experiments. | More Info |


Points of Interest:

Arts & Letters Daily: Philosophy, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art, politics, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, and gossip. | More Info |

The Edge: Leading intellectuals answer each other's questions. | More Info |

Technorati: News links that are currently popular among bloggers. | More Info |

Cagle's Index: A wonderful archive political cartoons.
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For other links, see the Resources section.

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