 JENNIFER HENDERSON
Mass media history; media law and policy; media ethics;
use of social networking and virtual worlds for political and social
action;race and class in media; First Amendment history
Assistant professor of communication; specializes in issues of media law,
the ethics of media, and the use of social networking and virtual
worlds for political and social action. For more than a
decade, she has been researching how voices outside of American
mainstream discourse have pressured the government to expand free
speech protections. She teaches a course that examines online
social networks to better understand how media convergence and
personal connections are making it possible to influence issues,
purchases, and social behaviors. |