Vincent Fitzgerald

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B.A. Communication

Minor in Communication

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		Chairperson Associate Professor of Communication Ph.D., Rutgers University M.A., William Paterson University B.A., William Paterson University

Contact Information: Phone (718) 405-3457 Fax (718) 405-3346 vincent.fitzgerald@mountsaintvincent.edu Maryvale, Room 204		Areas of Expertise: Media coverage of political campaigns The use of public opinion polls in political campaigns Analyzing political debates The media's effect on society and culture

Courses:

COM 223 - Introduction to Broadcasting
COM 335 - Broadcast News Writing
COM 336 - Sports Writing
COM 337 - TV News Seminar
COM 340 - Media Criticism
COM 370 Topics: Television Directing
COM 409 - Seminar
COM 423 - Broadcast Programming
COM 490 Seminar in Communication

Research Interests:
Use and effect of public opinion polls by the news media during coverage of U.S. presidential campaigns.
U.S. broadcasting history
Mass communication theory
Effects of the media on American society and culture.

Recent Presentations:
Public Opinion Polls and Presidential Campaigns. Guest lecturer for CMSV Elections 2008 integrated class November, 2008.

Television Network News Coverage of Presidential Campaigns. Guest lecturer for CMSV Elections 2008 integrated class September, 2008.

Television and the White House: News coverage of presidential elections. Presentation at the CMSV Reunion Weekend, May, 2008.

Television news and the 2004 presidential campaign. Presentation at the Montclair-Kimberly Academy Middle School, Montclair, NJ, October 2004.

Recent Publications:
Opinion Polls are Bad for Politics (Book Chapter) in Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints (2nd Edition) (1999).

Advertising and the End of the World (Book Review) in Feedback (1999).

Poll Happy Media Need to Cool It (Op/Ed Article) in The Christian Science Monitor (1996).

Communication and Information Flows Across National Boundaries: An International Policy Debate (Journal Article) in Occasional Papers in Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Vol. 1 (1991).