William Lyon Benoit (born March 17, 1953) is an American scholar in the field of political communication. He graduated from Ball State University in 1975 and obtained his Master of Arts degree from Central Michigan University in 1976. He also holds a PhD from

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

. He is a distinguished professor of Communication Studies at the

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established in 1936, the institution became a four-year campus in 1966 and a fully autonomous univ ...

. He previously taught at

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the ...

Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the ...

, the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...

, and

Ohio University Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subseq ...

. He was a faculty member at the University of Missouri for twenty-four years. He is known for developing image repair theory (originally called "Image Restoration") and for applying it to anecdotes in various real-world contexts. He was the editor of the ''

Journal of Communication The ''Journal of Communication'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles and book reviews on a broad range of issues in communication theory and research. It was established in 1951 and the current editor-in-chief ...

'' from 2003 to 2005, and of '' Communication Studies'' from 2007 to 2009.

Publications

* ''Reading in Argumentation'', Mouton Publishers (Hawthorne, NY), 1992 * ''Accounts, Excuses, Apologies'', State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 1995 * ''Candidates in Conflict'', University of Alabama Press (Tuscaloosa, AL), 1996 * ''Campaign '96'', Praeger (New York, NY), 1998 * ''Seeing Spots: A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements'', 1952–1996, Praeger (Westport, CN), 1999 * ''The Clinton Scandals and the Politics of Image Restoration'', Praeger (West-port, CT), 2001 * ''The Primary Decision: A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries'', Praeger (Westport, CT), 2001

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* 1953 births Living people Communication scholars American political scientists People from New Castle, Indiana Political communication Ball State University alumni Central Michigan University alumni Wayne State University alumni University of Missouri faculty University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty Ohio University faculty Miami University faculty Bowling Green State University faculty Academic journal editors {{Communication-studies-stub