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

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Education

Entman earned his A.B. in political science from

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, his M.P.P. in Public Policy Analysis from the

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, and his Ph.D. in political science from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, where he was a

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Fellow.

Career

Before joining George Washington University, Entman taught at Duke,

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and

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. He also served as a

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for one semester in 1997 and as Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Duke for the 2008-09 academic year.

Work

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

Books

* Entman, R. (1989) "''Democracy Without Citizens: Media and the Decay of American Politics''" (Oxford: Oxford University Press) * Entman, R. and Rojecki, A. (2000) "''The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America''" (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) * Entman, R. (2004) "''Projections of Power: Framing News, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy''" (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) * Entman, R. (2012) "''Scandal and Silence: Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct''" (Cambridge: Polity Press)

Edited book chapters

* Entman, R. (2020) “African Americans according to TV news” in Dennis, E. and Pease, E. (eds.) ''The Media in Black and White'', p. 29-36 (London: Routledge)

Journal articles

* Entman, R. and Paletz, D. (1980) “Media and the conservative myth”, ''Journal of Communication'' 30(4), p. 154-165 * Paletz, D. and Entman, R. (1980) “Presidents, Power, and the Press”, ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 10(3), p. 416-426 * Entman, R. (1983) “The impact of ideology on legislative behavior and public policy in the states”, ''The Journal of Politics'' 45(1), p. 163-182 * Entman, R. (1985) “Newspaper competition and First Amendment ideals: Does monopoly matter?”, ''Journal of Communication'' 35(3), p. 147-165 * Entman, R. (1989) “How the media affect what people think: An information processing approach”, ''The Journal of Politics'' 51(2), p. 347-370 * Entman, R. (1990) “Modern racism and the images of blacks in local television news”, ''Critical Studies in Media Communication'' 7(4), p. 332-345 * Entman, R. (1991) “Framing US coverage of international news: Contrasts in narratives of the KAL and Iran Air incidents”, ''Journal of Communication'' 41(4), p. 6-27 * Entman, R. (1992) “Blacks in the news: Television, modern racism and cultural change”, ''Journalism Quarterly'' 69(2), p. 341-361 * Entman, R. (1994) “Representation and reality in the portrayal of blacks on network television news”, ''Journalism Quarterly'' 71(3), p. 509-520 * Entman, R. (2003) “Cascading activation: Contesting the White House's frame after 9/11”, ''Political Communication'' 20(4), p. 415-432 * Entman, R. (2007) “Framing bias: Media in the distribution of power”, ''Journal of Communication'' 57(1), p. 163-173 * Entman, R. (2010) “Media framing biases and political power: Explaining slant in news of Campaign 2008”, ''Journalism'' 11(4), p. 389-408

Awards

Entman received the 2012

Humboldt Research Award The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...

from the

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, the

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’ 2011 Danielson Award for Distinguished Contributions to Communication Scholarship; the Distinguished Scholar Award from the

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; the

Murray Edelman Murray Jacob Edelman (1919 – January 26, 2001) was an American political scientist known for his research on symbolic politics and political psychology. Career Edelman received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Bucknell University in ...

Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association's Political Communication Section; and Harvard’s

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for his 2000 book ''The Black Image in the White Mind'', which he co-authored with Andrew Rojecki.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Entman, Robert Mathew George Washington University faculty Living people Communication scholars American political scientists Humboldt Research Award recipients Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Goldman School of Public Policy alumni Duke University faculty Northwestern University faculty North Carolina State University faculty 1949 births