Anthony R. Dimaggio
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Anthony R. DiMaggio
PROFESSIONAL Lehigh University, Department of Political Science AFFILIATION Maginnes Hall, Room 315, 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015 610.758.3695 [email protected]
EDUCATION Ph.D. Political Science, University of Illinois, at Chicago, 2012
Dissertation: Political Media Relations and the Power of Party-Based Regimes Committee Members: Doris Graber, Andrew McFarland, Andrew Rojecki, Ali Riaz, and Carlos Parodi
This dissertation analyzes political leaders’ ability to communicate their messages as related to numerous public policy issues and debates. More specifically, I examine the efforts of the President and members of his party in Congress to communicate his political party’s policy agenda to the American public via the mass media. I examine how media coverage changes in tone and in framing major public policy debates, depending on which party is in control of government. Led by the president, partisan governments are found to play a major role in influencing media coverage in terms of furthering Democratic and Republican political messages. Partisan governments’ political messages, reflected in mass media coverage, then play a major role in influencing public policy attitudes, although inconsistently, with such effects highly dependent on the partisanship and ideology of media consumers. I demonstrate these relationships through content analysis, examination of political and media attentiveness in national public opinion surveys, and through experimental methods.
M.A., Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, 2005 Subfields: Mass media, public opinion Master’s Thesis: Mass Media, Mass Propaganda: Examining American News in the War on Terror
B.A., Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, 2003
A.A., College of DuPage, 2001 EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor (Fall 2016 – present) HISTORY Department of Political Science, Lehigh University
Associate Professor, Tenure (2011-2016) Department of Social Sciences, Lincoln Land Community College
Assistant Instructional Professor (2005-2006 & 2008-2009) Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University
Visiting Professor (2008-2009) Department of Political Science, North Central College
Teaching Assistant (2007-2008) Department of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago
PEER The Politics of Persuasion: Media Bias and Economic Policy in the Modern Era, State University REVIEWED of New York Press, 2017. BOOKS Selling War, Selling Hope: Presidential Rhetoric and Mass Media in U.S. Foreign Policy After 9/11, State University of New York Press, 2015.
Crashing the Tea Party: Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics (co-authored with Paul Street), Routledge, 2012.
The Rise of the Tea Party: Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama, Monthly Review Press, 2011.
When Media Goes to War: Hegemonic Discourse, Public Opinion, and the Limits of Dissent, Monthly Review Press, 2009.
Mass Media, Mass Propaganda: Examining American News in the War on Terror, Lexington Books, 2008.
American Government: Big Money Politics and the Betrayal of Public Trust, under contract, State University of New York Press.
Rebellion in America: Citizen Uprisings, the News Media, and the Politics of Plutocracy, under contract, Routledge.
Inequality in America: Class Consciousness, Mass Media, and Policy Attitudes in an Era of Record Inequality, Projected completion: late 2018. BOOK “The Propaganda Model and Manufacturing Consent: Public Compliance and Resistance,” CHAPTERS in The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky, edited by James McGilvray, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
“Strategic or Democratic Interests? Framing U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Uprising,” in U.S. Approaches to the Arab Uprisings: International Relations and Democracy Promotion, edited by Amentahru Wahlrab, I.B. Tauris, 2017.
“The Politics of the 2008 Bailout: Democratic and Republican Positions on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,” in Today’s Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, edited by Nancy Lind, Gardenia Harris, and Erik Rankin, ABC-CLIO Press, 2016.
“Defense Spending in Context: Competing Democratic and Republican Priorities? in Today’s Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, edited by Nancy Lind, Gardenia Harris, and Erik Rankin, ABC-CLIO Press, 2016.
“Wikileaks and the First Amendment: Free Speech, the Mass Media, and the National Security Narrative,” in The Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, edited by Nancy Lind and Eric Rankin, ABC-CLIO Press, 2012.
“A Tea Party Among Us: Media Censorship, Manufactured Dissent, and the Right-Wing Rebellion,” in Censored 2012: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2010-2011, edited by Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips, Project Censored, Sonoma State University, California, Seven Stories Press, 2011.
“The Nation-State, Global Media, and the Regime of Supervision,” in Discipline and Punishment in Global Politics: Illusions of Control, edited by Janie Leatherman, co-authored with Ali Riaz, Palgrave MacMilllan, 2008.
REFEREED “Class (Sub)Conscious: Hegemony, False Consciousness, and the Development of Political JOURNAL and Economic Policy Attitudes,” Critical Sociology, April 2015, 493-516. ARTICLES “Beyond the Tea Party: ‘Dismal Democrats,’ Debt Ceiling Drama and the Long Right Tilt in the Age of Obama,” Critical Sociology, Vol. 38 (4) July 2012, 549-63.
PRESENTATIONS “Is Political Science Still Relevant? The Decline of Critical Scholarly Engagement in the Neoliberal Era,” presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, August 2017.
“Power in Union: Democratic Representation and Empowerment in Labor Unions,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2017.
“Class Politics: The Formation of Class Politics and its Impact on Political Attitudes,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2017.
“Class is a Five Letter Dirty Word: False Consciousness, Inequality, and the Media,” presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2016.
“The Economics of Disillusionment: Predicting Opposition to the Neoliberal Order in Contemporary America,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2015.
“When Presidents Fail: Public Rejection of Presidential Rhetoric on Iraq, 2003-2008,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2014.
“Class (Sub)Conscious: Measuring the Effects of Material and Non- Material Factors in Economic Policy Attitudes,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2013.
“Strategic or Democratic Interests? Framing U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Uprising,” paper accepted at the American Political Science Association Conference, August 2012 (conference cancelled).
“Mass Mediated Rebellion: Coverage of the Tea Party and Health Care and the Effects on Public Opinion,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2011.
“The Revolution Will be Televised: Dissecting the Tea Party Rebellion and the Curious Case of Health Care Reform,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2011. “Ideology, Polarization, and American Media Consumption: An Examination of Public Opinion Formulation,” presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Research Conference, May 2010.
“Iran, Nuclear Weapons, and the Politics of Fear,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2010.
“Public Rationality, Elitism, and Opposition to War,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Conference, April 2010.
“Media, Globalization, and Violence: Views From Around the World,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Conference, April 2009.
“Propaganda or Deliberation? The Iraq War in British and American Media,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2008.
“There are No Protestors Here: Media Marginalization and the Anti-War Movement,” presented at the Illinois Political Science Conference, October 2007.
“Time for a Living Wage?: The San Francisco Model as a Challenge to the ‘Inevitability’ of Low-Wage Employment,” presented at the 15th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science, March 2007.
“Railing Iraqi Resistance: ‘Insurgency,’ Militias, & the Unfolding Civil War,” presented at the Media, War, & Conflict Conference, April 2007.
WORKING “The Iraq War, Mass Media, and the Social Construction of Heroes and Villains: A Political PAPERS History,” under review.
“Power in Union: Democratic Representation and Participation in American Labor Unions,” in preparation for submission.
“Asking the Wrong Questions: The Communication of Moral Opposition in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars” in preparation for submission, projected completion: Spring 2018.
“You Are What You Watch: Partisan Media and its Effects on Public Opinion,” book chapter, projected completion: Spring 2018. Worth and Unworthy Social Movements: Mass Media and Public Opinion in the Politicization of Protest,” in preparation for submission, projected completion: Fall 2018.
AWARDS & Master Teacher Finalist Award, 2015, Lincoln Land Community College HONORS Distinguished Service Award, 2014, Lincoln Land Community College
Graduated, 4.0 Cumulative GPA, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006-2012
Outstanding Graduate Student Award Illinois State University, 2005
Graduated, 4.0 Cumulative GPA, M.A. Illinois State University, 2005
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 3.95 Cumulative GPA, B.A. Illinois State University, 2003
COURSES Lehigh University (2016-present) TAUGHT American Government and Politics (Fall 2016) – Undergraduate (POLS 001) Politics of Inequality (Fall 2016) – Undergraduate/Graduate (POLS 396/496) Propaganda, Media, and American Politics (Spring 2017) Undergraduate/Graduate (POLS 329/429) Movements and Legacies of the 1960s to Today (Fall 2017) Undergraduate (POLS 230) Interest Groups, Factions, and Coalitions in American Politics (Spring 2018) Undergraduate/Graduate (POLS 358/458)
Lincoln Land Community College (2011-2016) American Government and Politics Honors American Government and Politics Practical Politics (public policy process course) State and Local Politics Introduction to Sociology
Illinois State University (2005-2006 & 2008-2009) American Government and Politics Honors American Government and Politics Citizens and Governance (civic participation focus) Middle East Politics
North Central College (2008-2009) Introduction to American Government American Presidency
University of Illinois Chicago (2007-2008) Introduction to American Government (taught course discussion sections)
UNIVERSITY Member of the “Democratic Policing Forum” Research Group SERVICE Current project: Seeking Institutional Review Board Approval and Melon Digital Humanities grant funding for a research project on community policing and public-law enforcement interactions in the Lehigh Valley. Research project title: “Democratic Policing: Community Perceptions and Experiences,” Fall 2016.
Interview: Wascar Ramirez, “Professors Weigh in on ‘Fake News,’” The Brown and White, March 1, 2017, http://thebrownandwhite.com/2017/03/01/lehigh-professors-fake-news/
Political Science Department, Teach-In: Organizing and Community Activism in the Age of Trump, February 3, 2017. Political Science Department, Post-Election Debate Panel, November 14, 2016. Diversity and Social Justice Committee, Invited talk on Civil Rights, Racial Inequality, and Policing in the United States, November 11, 2016. 2016 Election Talk – Lehigh University, November 7, 2016. Interview: Madison Gouveia, “‘Political Culture is Popular Culture’: The ‘Daily Show’ Correspondents Discuss Political Comedy,” The Brown and White, November 6, 2016, http://thebrownandwhite.com/2016/11/06/the- daily-show-with-trevor-noah-correspondents/ Interview: Christopher Gaetano, “The Role of a Running Mate: Understanding the Vice Presidency,” The Brown and White, October 13, 2016, http://thebrownandwhite.com/2016/10/12/understanding-vice- presidency/ Chi Phi Debate Speaker Series: 2016 Presidential Debate Simulation, with Professors Anthony DiMaggio and Frank Gunter, October 10, 2016. Cultural Vistas Workshop: Election 2016 Talk, October 3, 2016. Interview: Christopher Gaetano, “Faculty, Students Discuss National, International Implications of First Presidential Debate,” The Brown and White, September 29, 2016, http://thebrownandwhite.com/2016/09/29/political-science-panel/ Upper Cents Debate Speaker Series: Discussion on American Politics, Society, and the 2016 Election, September 27, 2016. Political Science and International Relations First Presidential Debate Panel, September 26, 2016.
PROFESSIONAL Invited talk: “Does Capitalism Have a Future?” Open University of the Left, July 7, 2017, SERVICE http://openuniversityoftheleft.com/2017/07/dr-anthony-dimaggio-presents- does-capitalism-have-a-future/
Interview: Michael Hernandez, “Trump Risks Everything by Supporting Hate Rally,” Anadolu Agency News (Turkey), August 19, 2017, http://aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-risks-everything-by-supporting-hate- rally/888213
Neil Tepel and Bill Hohlfeld, “Interview on Donald Trump and his Blue Collar Support,” Labor Press Blue Collar Buzz, (Cleveland radio), July 25, 2017.
Interview: Eric Draitser, “Counterpunch Radio: Episode 91,” Counterpunch, July 17, 2017, https://store.counterpunch.org/anthony- dimaggio-episode-91/
Cited in editorial: George Yancy and Noam Chomsky, “Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union,” New York Times, July 5, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/opinion/noam-chomsky-on-trump- and-the-state-of-the-union.html?mcubz=3
Peer reviewer, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Summer 2017
Leandra Bernstein, “Trump’s Unprecedented Negative Media Coverage May Not be Bias, Academics Say,” Sinclair News Agency, May 22, 2017, http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-media-bias
Interview: Chris Cook, “Interview on the Syrian Civil War,” Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, January 11, 2017, http://www.gorilla- radio.com/2017/01/12/gorilla-radio-chris-cook-anthony-dimaggio-david- fairey-janine-bandcroft-jan-11-2017/ Mentor, Midwest Political Science Association, Faculty-Student Mentoring Program (2017)
Peer reviewer, Sage Open Journal of Political Science, Fall 2016
Interview: Michael Hernandez, “Trump Comes From Behind to Win U.S. Presidency,” Anadolu Agency News (Turkey), November 9, 2016, http://aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-comes-from-behind-to-win-us- presidency/681745 Interview: Gretel Kauffman, “‘Les Deplorables’: Why Some Trump Supporters Have Embraced the Label,” Mother Jones, September 15, 2016, https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0915/Les- Deplorables-why-some-Trump-supporters-have-embraced-the-label Peer reviewer, Peter Lang Publishing (2014)
Peer reviewer, The Sociological Quarterly (2013-2014)
Peer reviewer, Critical Sociology (2011-2014)
Professional Certification for College Teaching (2008), University of Illinois at Chicago Certified to teach at the college/university level by the Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Teaching and Learning Center, from the College Teaching Preparation Program.
Community Development (2008-2009), Illinois State University Coordinated a community service component relevant to my Citizens and Governance course.
Community Development & Internship Program (2005-2006), Illinois State University Coordinating student internships through the departments of Politics and Government, Sociology, and Anthropology for the local community newspaper.
Curriculum Development, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University (2008) Created and developed an undergraduate course, The Politics of Communication, proposed for the department’s curriculum.
PUBLIC “Who are the ‘Alt-Right’? On the Rise of Reactionary Hatred and How to Fight it,” ARTICLES Counterpunch, September 22, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/22/who-are-the-alt-right-on-the- rise-of-reactionary-hatred-and-how-to-fight-it/
“Youth in Revolt: Why Millennials are the Key to Future Social Transformation,” Truthout, September 16, 2017, http://www.truth- out.org/opinion/item/41951-youth-in-revolt-why-millennials-are-the-key- to-future-social-transformation
“Free Speech for the Right? A Primer on Key Legal Questions and Principles,” Counterpunch, September 15, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/15/free-speech-for-the-right-a- primer-on-key-legal-questions-and-principles/
“Responding to Antifa and Riseup: On Revolutionary Politics and Non- Violence,” Counterpunch, September 1, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/01/responding-to-antifa-and- riseup-on-revolutionary-politics-and-non-violence/
“Trump’s Antifa Moment: Police Repression, Nonviolence, and Movement Building on the Left,” Counterpunch, August 28, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/28/trumps-antifa-moment-police- repression-nonviolence-and-movement-building-on-the-left/
“A Plea for Nonviolence: Fighting Fascism in Trump’s America,” Counterpunch, August 21, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/21/a-plea-for-nonviolence- fighting-fascism-in-trumps-america/
“Fascism Here We Come: the Rise of the Reactionary Right and the Collapse of ‘The Left,” Counterpunch, August 15, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/15/fascism-here-we-come-the- rise-of-the-reactionary-right-and-the-collapse-of-the-left/
“Journalism Under Assault: Trump’s Crackdown on the News, and Where We Go From Here,” Counterpunch, August 7, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/07/journalism-under-assault- trumps-crackdown-on-the-news-and-where-we-go-from-here/
“Football, the American Tragedy: Public Ignorance Persists on a Major Health Crisis,” Truthout, August 7, 2017, http://www.truth- out.org/news/item/41475-football-the-american-tragedy-public-ignorance- persists-on-a-major-health-crisis
“‘A Better Deal’? Dissecting the Democrats’ ‘Populist’ Turn in Rhetoric and Reality,” Counterpunch, July 28, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/28/a-better-deal-dissecting-the- democrats-populist-turn-in-rhetoric-and-reality/
“Higher Education Fallacies: What’s Behind Rising Conservative Distrust of Learning?” Counterpunch, July 21, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/21/higher-education-fallacies- whats-behind-rising-conservative-distrust-of-learning/
“Americans are Resisting Trump’s Authoritarianism,” Salon, June 18, 2017, http://www.salon.com/2017/06/18/americans-are-resisting-trumps- authoritarianism/
“Election Con 2016: New Evidence Demolishes the Myth of Trump’s ‘Blue-Collar’ Populism,” Counterpunch, June 16, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/16/93450/
“Trump and the Paris Accord: Who’s to Blame for the Climate Change Crisis?” Counterpunch, June 5, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/05/trump-and-the-paris-accord- whos-to-blame-for-the-climate-change-crisis/
“Swamp Politics, Trump Style: ‘Russiagate’ Diverts From the Real White House Scandals,” Counterpunch, May 26, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/26/swamp-politics-trump-style- russiagate-diverts-from-the-real-white-house-scandals/
“From Bad to Worse: Forecasting the Effects of Republican Health Care Reform,” Counterpunch, May 12, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/12/from-bad-to-worse-forecasting- the-effects-of-republican-health-care-reform/
“An American Uprising: Assessing Opportunities for Progressive Political Change,” Counterpunch, April 20, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/20/an-american-uprising-assessing- opportunities-for-progressive-political-change/
“Ditching the ‘Deep State’: The Rise of a New Conspiracy Theory in American Politics,” Counterpunch, March 24, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/24/ditching-the- deep-state-the-rise-of-a-new-conspiracy-theory-in-american-politics/
“Capitalism in Crisis: Getting Ready for Change in the Age of Trump,” Counterpunch, March 13, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/13/capitalism-in-crisis-getting- ready-for-change-in-the-age-of-trump/ “DeVos and the ‘Free Lunch’ Flimflam: Orwell, Neofeudalism, and the Destruction of the Welfare State,” Counterpunch, March 7, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/07/devos-and-the-free-lunch- flimflam-orwell-neofeudalism-and-the-destruction-of-the-welfare-state/ “Media Ban! Making Sense of the War Between Trump and the Press,” Counterpunch, February 27, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/27/media-ban-making-sense-of- the-war-between-trump-and-the-press/ “Forecasting Trump’s Presidency: The Republican Party’s Decline, and What Comes Next?” Counterpunch, February 9, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/09/forecasting-trumps-presidency- the-republican-partys-decline-and-what-comes-next/ “The Case for Impeachment: Donald Trump’s Islamophobia and the Threat to the Constitution,” Counterpunch, January 30, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/30/the-case-for-impeachment- donald-trumps-islamophobia-and-the-threat-to-the-constitution-2/ “Reflections on DC: Promises and Pitfalls in the Anti-Trump Uprising,” Counterpunch, January 24, 2017, https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/24/reflections-on-dc-promises- and-pitfalls-in-the-anti-trump-uprising/ “Ethics Fiasco: Trump, Divestment, and the Perversion of Executive Politics,” Counterpunch, January 13, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/06/politicizing-victimhood-human- rights-as-a-propaganda-weapon-in-aleppo-and-mosul/ “Politicizing Victimhood: Human Rights as a Propaganda Weapon in Aleppo and Mosul,” Counterpunch, January 6, 2017, http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/06/politicizing-victimhood-human- rights-as-a-propaganda-weapon-in-aleppo-and-mosul/ “The Pathologies of War: Dual Propaganda Campaigns in Reporting on Syria,” Counterpunch, December 28, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/28/the-pathologies-of-war-dual- propaganda-campaigns-in-reporting-on-syria/ “The Anti-Trump Uprising: Forging a Path Forward in Uncertain Times,” Counterpunch, December 15, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/15/the-anti-trump-uprising-forging- a-path-forward-in-uncertain-times/ “Post-Fact Politics: Reviewing the History of Fake News and Propaganda,” Counterpunch, December 6, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/06/post-fact-politics-reviewing-the- history-of-fake-news-and-propaganda/ “The Anti-Trump Uprising: Class Delusions, Perverted Politics, and the Prospects for Real Change,” Counterpunch Print Newsletter, November 2016. “The 2016 Election: How Did We Get Here? What Lies Ahead?” Counterpunch, November 11, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/11/88237/ “Worse Than Watergate? Revisiting the Clinton Email Fiasco,” Counterpunch, November 2, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/02/worse-than-watergate- revisiting-the-clinton-email-fiasco/ “Lesser Evil Voting and Prospects for a Progressive Third Party,” Counterpunch, October 20, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/20/lesser-evil-voting-and- prospects-for-a-progressive-third-party/ “Bigotry for Profit and ‘Fun’: Traversing the Wasteland of U.S. Election News,” Counterpunch, October 10, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/10/87468/ “The Debates as Democratic Façade: Voter ‘Rationality’ in American Elections,” Counterpunch, September 27, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/27/the-debates-as-democratic- facade-voter-rationality-in-american-elections/ “White Supremacist America: Trump and the ‘Return’ of Right-Wing Hate Culture,” Counterpunch, September 16, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/16/white-supremacist-america- trump-and-the-return-of-right-wing-hate-culture/ “The ITT Fraud: For-Profit Education and the Crisis of the Commons,” Counterpunch, September 5, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/05/the-itt-fraud-for-profit- education-and-the-crisis-of-the-commons/ “Donald Trump and the Myth of Economic Populism: Demolishing a False Narrative,” Counterpunch Magazine, August 16, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/08/16/donald-trump-and-the-myth-of- economic-populism-demolishing-a-false-narrative/