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Regina G. Lawrence, Professor
Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair & Professor
of Mass Communication/Political Science
Louisisana State University
Baton Rouge, LA. 70803-5433
Office: 240 Hodges Hall
Phone: (225) 578-2565
email: lawrenr@lsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests:
Dr. Regina G. Lawrence has teaching and research interests in media and politics, including political communication, public opinion
and film and politics. She specializes in research analyzing media coverage of politics and public policy issues, event-driven news,
and journalistic norms.
Recent & Notable Publications
When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Hurrican Katrina, (with W. Lance Bennett and Steven Livingston).
University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Lawrence, Regina, and W. Lance Bennett. 2007. “Press Freedom and Democratic Accountability in a Time of War, Commercialism, and the Internet.” In Politics of the News: The News of Politics, ed. Doris A. Graber. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
None Dare Call it Torture: Indexing and the Limits of Press Independence in the Abu Ghraib Scandal (With W. Lance Bennett and Steven
Livingston). Journal of Communication 56: 467-85. (2006)
Seeing the Whole Board: Neoinstitutional Analysis of News Framing. Political Communication 23 (2): 225-230. (2006)
Guns, Hollywood, and Criminal Justice: Defining the School Shootings Problem across Public Arenas (with Thomas A. Birkland). Social
Science Quarterly 85 (5): 1193-1207. (2005)
Teaching:
MC 3505 Media & Policy Processes
Public Opinion
Film & Politics
Notable Activities:
Dr Lawrence was a research fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University (2003). She served as program chair for political Communication at the American Political Science Accociation annual
meeting in 2004. She has also collaborated with the Berkeley Media Studies Group on news content analysis projects for public health experts
and advocates.
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