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Associate Professor Janice Peck
Armory 102C
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Colorado at Boulder
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Janice.Peck@Colorado.edu
303-492-2047 phone
303-492-0969 fax

Associate Professor Janice Peck conducts research and teaches in the areas of critical theory, the relationship of media and society, the social meanings and political implications of popular culture, the sociology of news, communication history, and theories of media and culture.  Peck is the author of a book on religious television and a forthcoming book on the place of Oprah Winfrey's media enterprise in contemporary U.S. culture and politics. She has published articles and chapters on media theory, television and the family, cultural studies, TV talk shows, Oprah’s Book Club, advertising, and representations of race in media. Her current and planned research projects include a continued engagement with media/cultural theory and with the issue of the future of journalism in a digital environment. Peck has worked as a journalist, editor and freelance writer for newspapers, magazines and radio.  She holds a BA in journalism from the University of Utah, an MA in communication from the University of Washington, and a PhD in communications from Simon Fraser University in Canada.

   
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