Robert W McChesney
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Research Advisory Service

2002. Proposal review on media studies, W. M. Keck Foundation.

2002-. Member, CRIS Working Group Three on Themes and Agenda.

1998-. Academic advisor, Yiddish Radio Project, for series of programs on U.S. Yiddish radio to be broadcast over NPR in 2000.

1998. Consultant, The President's Advisory Committee on the Public Service Obligations of Digital Broadcasters (Gore Commission).

1998-1999. Expert witness and advisor, Prayze FM v. United States.

1998-1999. Expert witness and advisor, Free Speech Radio v. United States, United States District Court, Southern District of New York.

1998. Wrote portions of paper ("Broadcasting, the Constitution, and Democracy") presented by the National Lawyers Guild Committee on Communications to 1998 National Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention.

1997. Advisor on global media and communication trends, Stone City Films, for documentary for Channel 4 (U.K) titled "Future Shock."

1997-1998. Advisor on press and publicity issues, "Garvey for Governor" campaign.

1997. Advisor to Swedish working group, preparing report for Swedish government on "Media Strategies and Educational Tactics in the USA: A Report on Democracy in the World of Simulation."

1997. Advisor to Open Society Institute, prospective international conference on global communication issues in the digital age.

1997. Advisor on global media policy issues, The McLaughlin Group television program, Public Broadcasting System network stations, for program on topic in July.

1997. Advisor on media policy issues, U.S. Congressional Progressive Caucus.

1997-. Expert on communication and media issues, "Heritage Foundation Truth Squad," Institute for Public Accuracy.

1997. Examiner for report on the effects of the lack of enforcement of the Fairness Doctrine as applied to state ballot initiatives, sponsored by the Safe Energy Communication Council and Penn State University, May.

1997. Consultant, "Media Matters" PBS television program, concerning program on press coverage of Telecommunications Act of 1996.

1997. Expert witness on telecommunication policy, Madison City Council, 20 May. (Presentation on proposed deal between Madison and TCI cable company.)

1997. Expert witness and advisor, United States of America V. Beat Radio 97.7 (Minneapolis, Minn.), U.S. District Court, Fourth Division.

1996. Research advisor, Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Actors, for proposed merger.

1996-1997. Research and policy advisor, Campaign to Save Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting and QED Accountability Project of the Alliance for Progressive Action.

1996. Research advisor, "The Impact of the FCC's Broadcast Licensing and Cable Franchising Policies on Minority Ownership and Viewpoint Diversity," research report conducted by Minority Media and Telecommunications Council.

1996. Research advisor and participant, Informal working group on labor strategies for telecommunications, coordinated by Canadian Telecommunication Workers Union.

1996. Project advisor, "Public Access in U.S. Broadcasting," Documentary produced by Greg Boozell and Chicago Access Network Television.

1995-1996. Expert witness, United States of America v. Stephen Paul Dunifer, United States District Court for the Northern District of California. (Providing historical testimony for case concerning legality of micro radio.)

1995-2000 Advisor, "Leaving Eden: The Clifford and Virginia Durr Documentary," Alabama Public Television documentary, produced by Sandra Polizos, for PBS "The American Experience" series.

1994-1995. Project advisor, "The Stations That Spoke Your Language: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," National Public Radio documentary, produced by Andy Lanset and Henry Sapoznik, for December 1995 broadcast.


Scholarship Service

2001-2003. Member, Task Force on the Status and Future of the Structure/Organization of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Research.

1993-1994. Member, Special Task Force on the Future of Mass Communication Research, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Research.

1991-1993. Chair, Research Committee, Qualitative Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

1990-1991. Member, Consultative Circle to Steering Committee, Union for Democratic Communications.

1989-1990. Chair, Teaching Standards Committee, History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.


Reader/Referee Service

University of Tennessee Press, 2001

University of Wisconsin Press, 1999

The MIT Press, 1998, 2000

Oxford University Press, 1997, 1998

Polity Press, 2000

University of California Press, 1997

Iowa State University Press, 1997

University of Illinois Press, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1998, 1998, 1998, 1999, 1999, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2001

University of Minnesota Press, 1993, 1994

Sage Press, l993

Routledge Press, 1993, 1998, 1999

Westview Press, 1992, 1994

Monthly Review Press, 2000, 2000

Business History Review, 2000

The Historian, 1996

The Information Society, 1996

Journalism History, 1996, 1997, 1997, 1998

The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001

Harvard Business Review, 1998

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1994

American Journalism, 1993

Journalism and Mass Communication Monographs, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999

Journal of Communication, l990, 1993, 1995, 1995, 1996, 1996, 1997, 1997, 1998, 1998

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, l990, 1992, 1995, 1996

Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1995, 1995, 1997

Cultural Studies: A Research Annual, 2000

Cultural Studies—Critical Methodologies, 2001

Monthly Review, l988, 1990, 1996, 1997 (assumed editor status in 2000)

Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, 1998

European Journal of Communication, 1999

Journalism Studies, 1999, 2002

Communication Review, 2000, 2002

Law Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, 1993.

Communication Law and Policy Interest Group, International Communication Association National Convention, 1993.

Qualitative Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, 1990, l991, 1992, 1993.

Midwest Regional Conference of Journalism and Mass Communications Historians, l990, l991, 1992.

History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, l989.

City University of New York Research Award Program, External Evaluator, 1997

Standard Research Grants Programs of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, External Evaluator, 2000.

National Science Foundation, 2000.


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