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D-Index
45
Citations
30282
World Ranking
3710
National Ranking
1773

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1990 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael Schudson is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and works primarily in the Social Sciences, focusing on Communication as well as Sociology and Political Science. Their research intersects with fields such as Law, Political Science and International Relations, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The main topics addressed in their body of work include Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication, Corruption and Economic Development, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, and Freedom of Expression and Defamation.

Recent publications by Michael Schudson comprise:

  • The Shortcomings of Transparency for Democracy, 2020, American Behavioral Scientist
  • What Does "Trust in the Media" Mean?, 2022, Daedalus
  • Reflecting on Forty Years of Sociology, Media Studies, and Journalism: An Interview with Todd Gitlin and Michael Schudson, 2020, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Beyond the "Objectivity" Wars: What Journalists Really Value, 2024, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge
  • U.S. Freedom of Information Act and Democratic Accountability, 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication

Frequent coauthors include Otávio Daros, Jiang Chang, Todd Gitlin, Gal Beckerman, and G. H. COOPER.

Michael Schudson's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, notably:

  • Intercom Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação
  • American Behavioral Scientist
  • Daedalus
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge

They have been recognized with several fellowships, including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012), Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1990), and Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1990).

Best Publications

  • Discovering The News: A Social History Of American Newspapers

    Michael Schudson

  • The science of fake news

    David M. J. Lazer;Matthew A. Baum;Yochai Benkler;Adam J. Berinsky

  • The sociology of news

    Michael Schudson

  • The Power of News

    Michael Schudson

  • Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising) : Its Dubious Impact on American Society

    Michael Schudson

  • The objectivity norm in American journalism

    Michael Schudson

  • The good citizen : a history of American civic life

    Michael Schudson

  • The sociology of news production

    Michael Schudson

  • How culture works

    Michael Schudson

  • Why conversation is not the soul of democracy

    Michael Schudson

  • Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press

    Michael Schudson

  • THE NEWS MEDIA AS POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

    Michael Schudson

  • Objectivity, Professionalism, and Truth Seeking in Journalism

    Michael Schudson;Chris Anderson

  • Advertising, the uneasy persuasion

    Michael Schudson

  • The Politics of Narrative Form: The Emergence of News Conventions in Print and Television

    Michael Schudson

  • The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker

    Michael Schudson

  • The rise of contextual journalism, 1950s–2000s

    Katherine Fink;Michael Schudson

  • The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life

    Claude Fischer;Michael Schudson

  • The good citizen

    Michael Schudson

  • Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies

    Chandra Mukerji;Michael Schudson

  • Advertising the uneasy persuasion: its dubious impact on American society

    Michael Schudson

  • Watergate In American Memory: How We Remember, Forget, And Reconstruct The Past

    Michael Schudson

  • Watergate in American Memory: How We Remember, Forget, and Reconstruct the Past.

    Stephen Amberg;Michael Schudson

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lazer
David Lazer Northeastern University
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University
Gordon Pennycook
Gordon Pennycook Cornell University
Miriam J. Metzger
Miriam J. Metzger University of California, Santa Barbara
Duncan J. Watts
Duncan J. Watts University of Pennsylvania
Claude S. Fischer
Claude S. Fischer University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth E. Warner
Kenneth E. Warner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University
Adam D. Galinsky
Adam D. Galinsky Columbia University
Gary Alan Fine
Gary Alan Fine Northwestern University

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