Department of Communication Studies
Kelly J. Madison Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (323) 343-5344
FAX: (323) 343-6467
Email: kmadiso@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
I recently completed my Ph.D. in Communication Theory & Research at the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. I'm interested in issues of cultural politics and identity. All of my work is underpinned by my concern for social justice, equality and understanding.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Mass Communication Theory and Research; Cultural Studies; Media Violence; Cross-Cultural Mass Communication; Persuasion Theory and Research; Media, "Race"/Ethnicity, Gender and Class; Media Law; Audience Theory and Research.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am currently interested in the ideological and discursive dimensions of how various forms of domination and subordination are legitimated, rationalized, naturalized and reproduced, especially through mass communications. I am also interested in media audiences and how they decode texts, especially with regard to the potential for oppositional decoding. Methodologically I am interested in combining qualitative and quantitative analyses in pursuit of a fuller understanding of these questions.
In my dissertation I argue that US society is in the middle of a very interesting and important period of "racial"/ethnic struggle, stemming from the political and ideological battles prompted by the social movements of the fifties, sixties and early seventies. The ideological dimension of this struggle will be a crucial determinant of whether "racial"/ethnic inequality and conflict will continue and be reinforced or weaken and decline. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess these
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- A.A. Liberal Arts, Allan Hancock College, 1985.
- B.A. Communication Studies, Emphasis in Interpersonal Communication, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988.
- M.A. Communication Theory and Research, Annenberg School For Communication, University of Southern California, 1991.
- Ph.D. Communication Theory and Research, Annenberg School For Communication, University of Southern California, 1996.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- The Speech Communication Association
- The International Communication Association
- California Faculty Association
- Advisory Committee, Children's Cable Network, Olympic Entertainment Group
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- 1995 Consoling Passions: Television, Video, and Feminist Studies Panel Presentation: "Counter-Hegemonic Pedagogy: Living the theory in our classrooms."
- 1994 Speech Communication Association Conference Black Caucus Division: Rhetoric, Politics & Race Paper Accepted for Presentation: Quantifying & Contextualizing Encoding and Decoding: Oppositionality and Acquiescence to white supremacist discourse in the decoding of Mississippi Burning.
- 1993 Speech Communication Association Conference American Studies Division Paper accepted: "Media System Dependencies of African Americans" Black Caucus Division Paper Presented: "The Reproduction of White Supremacy in Contemporary Film: Revisionist Narratives of Struggles for African Peoples' Equality"
- 1991 American Sociological Association Conference Social Psychology Division Paper Presented: "Cognitive Dissonance Theory: What 33 years of research has not proven"
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