Entman, Robert (1949–)

Robert Entman is a well-known interdisciplinary political communication scholar. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from Duke, a Ph.D. in political science from Yale, and an M.P.P. in policy analysis from Berkeley. He taught public policy analysis at Duke and joined the faculty at Northwestern University's [Page 212]interdisciplinary program in communication studies, journalism, and political science. Entman also served as professor of communications at North Carolina State University and as adjunct professor of public policy at the University of North Carolina. He has worked as codirector at the Center for Information Society Studies, and since January 2006 has served as a J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro professor at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs.

Entman's academic approach deals with the ...