作者简介
MichaelSchudsonisanAmericanacademicsociologistworkinginthefieldsofjournalismanditshistory,andpublicculture.HewasbroughtupinMilwaukee,Wisconsin.HehasanundergraduatedegreefromSwarthmoreCollege,andadoctorateinsociologyfromHarvardUniversity.From1976hewasassistantprofessorattheUniversityofChicago.In1980hejoinedthefacultyofUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,whereheisProfessorofCommunicationandAdjunctProfessorofSociology.HeisalsoononthefacultyofTheJournalismSchoolatColumbiaUniversity.HereceivedaMacArthurFoundationawardin1990.
