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 | Regina G. Lawrence, Professor
Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair & Professor
of Mass Communication/Political Science
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA. 70803-5433
Office: 240 Hodges Hall
Phone: (225) 578-2565
email: lawrenr@lsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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| 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
"Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on the Campaign Trail," with Melody Rose. 2009. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
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.
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:
3505 Media & Policy Processes (Mass Comm)
4000 Film & Politics
4030 Public Attitudes & Opinion
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
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