Professor of Political Science and editor of Political Communication.
His degrees are all from UCLA. Dr. Paletz's specializes in political
communication both in the US and internationally. His research focuses
on the relationship between the media (defined broadly to include both
news and entertainment) and American government and politics (defined
broadly to include the public, institutions, and processes). He teaches
courses on "Politics and the Media," "Film and Politics,"
"International Communication," "American Government," and "Politics and
the Libido." He is the author of The Media in American Politics:
Contents and Consequences, 2nd ed. (Addison-Wesley Longman, 2002),
co-author of Media Power Politics (Free Press, 1981 and 1983), and of
Politics in Public Service Advertising on Television (Praeger, 1977);
2003), editor of and contributor Political Communication in Action
(Hampton Press, 1996); and of Political Communication Research, Vol. II
(Ablex 1996), and Vol. I (Ablex, 1987); co-editor and contributor to
Business as Usual (Hampton Press, 2003), Glasnost and After: Media and
Change in Eastern/Central Europe (Hampton Press, 1995), Taken By Storm:
Media, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf War
(University of Chicago Press, 1994), and of Terrorism and the Media
(Sage, 1992); and author of some sixty other publications. He has been
Chair of the Political Communication Research Section of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research, Chair
of the Political Communication Section of the American Political
Science Association, and a Founding Member of the International Journal
of Political Socialization and Political Psychology. Among his research
and teaching awards are a Congressional Fellowship from the American
Political Science Association, Humanities Fellowship from the
Rockefeller Foundation, two Fulbright Scholarships, and the Alumni
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award from Duke University. He
chairs the Selection Committee of the Full Frame Documentary Film
Festival.
