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Stewart M. Hoover, Ph.D. (hoover@colorado.edu) directs the Symbolism, Media and the Lifecourse Study. He earned his Ph.D. in mass communication at the University of Pennsylvania and also holds an M.A. in ethics. His research interests are in reception studies of media audiences and the related cultural implications. He has focused on studies of media and religion, looking first at the phenomenon of televangelism, and later at the cultural and discursive construction of religion by the press. The Symbolism, Media and the Lifecourse Study represents an evolution of his work.
He has authored three books, *The Electronic Giant* (Brethren Press,1979), *Mass Media Religion: The Social Sources of the Electronic Church* (Sage, 1988) and *Religion in the News: Faith and Journalism in American Public Discourse* (Sage, 1998) and has co-edited two others, *Religious Television: Controversies and Conclusions* (Ablex, 1990; with Robert Ableman) and *Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture* (Sage, 1997; with Knut Lundby). He has also published numerous articles in academic and popular publications. Currently at the University of Colorado, Stewart is a Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Professor Adjoint of Religious Studies and American Studies. He chairs the International Study Commission on Media, Religion and Culture, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Uppsala Group, and directed the first international public conference on Media, Religion and Culture, held at Boulder in 1996. He has consulted and lectured extensively both in the U.S. and abroad, and he and his wife have lived for extended periods in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Sri Lanka. In addition to his work on media and religion, he conducted research on media and culture in the Eastern Caribbean between 1981 and 1990. |
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