James T. Hamilton, Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy Studies; Professor of Political Science and Economics and Associate Professor of Economics

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Contact Info: On sabbatical during the 2007-2008 academic year. Office Location:   211 Sanford Inst Bldg Office Phone:   +1 919 613 7358 Email Address:    Web Page:   http://www.econ.duke.edu/~jayth Research Interests: Media policy, environmental policy, regulation James T. Hamilton is the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Political Science at Duke University. His book All the News That’s Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News (Princeton Press, 2004) examines how economic forces affect media content. He is also the author of Channeling Violence: The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming, which won the Shorenstein Center’s Goldsmith Book Prize, and a recipient of the David N. Kershaw award for distinguished public policy research.