Prof. Dr. Robert M. Entman

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPolitical Science,Communication Sciences
Keywordspolitical communication, public policy, public opinion, democratic theory

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityWashington
InstitutionGeorge Washington University
InstituteSchool of Media and Public Affairs

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Barbara PfetschInstitut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Entman one of the most internationally renowned scholars of political communication. He has made eminent contributions to the study of media and democracy, media and foreign policy and media and race in the United States. His groundbreaking books analyse the framing of politics and the functions and (dys)functions of mediated political communication. In Germany, he intends to work on a comparative analysis on the discourse about social, economic and political inequality in European and US media.