Dr. Ronald Bishop

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		Ronald Bishop, Ph.D.
		Professor of Communication
		Office:	PSA 324
		Phone:	(215) 895-1823
		Email:	bishoprc @ drexel.edu
	CURRENT AREAS OF RESEARCH Journalism Studies Popular Culture Mass Media Effects Sociology of Sports and Fame
	RESEARCH PROJECTS 2006-2007 Principal Investigator - News Media Coverage of the Pledge of Allegiance 2006 Principal Investigator - Narrative analysis of Memories of Pick up Games 2006 Principal Investigator - Racism in News Coverage
	SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2006-2007 Author - Pick Your Battles: How Journalists Covered Michael Newdow’s Suit Challenging the Pledge of Allegiance. Accepted for publication with SUNY Press. In press. 2006 Presenter - Where Can Elmo Learn More?: Sesame Street’s Elmo as Collector Information. Popular Culture Association conference. 2006 Author - It Turns Out the Armoire is Your Mother: Narratives of Addiction in the Two Cable Television Organization Programs. Addiction Research and Theory, 14 (2) 139-157. 2006 Author - The Wayward Child: An Ideological Analysis of Sports Contract Holdout