Robert Kubey
(PhD,
University of Chicago, 1984) is an associate professor in the Department of
Communication at Rutgers University and director of the master’s program in
communication and
information studies. His research interests include the psychology and politics of media,
and media
education. The author wishes to acknowledge the Annenberg Scholars program of the Annenberg
School
for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, which supported
the initial work upon
which this article is based. He also thanks Dean Kathleen Jamieson and Elihu Katz, as well as the
many media teachers who were willing to speak about their experiences. Finally,
he wishes to thank
three anonymous reviewers,
William Christ, and James Potter for their excellent suggestions.
