SUNY College at Brockport - Michael Cavanagh

Michael Cavanagh

Education:

MS Journalism- New Media, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism

BS Journalism Southern Illinois University- Carbondale

Areas of Specialty:

- Journalism; New Media Journalism; Mass Communication and Publishing
Technology

Research Interests:

- 1st Amendment protections, privacy and security in an online world; the Internet's affect on U.S. communications law; traditional news outlets' responses to online journalism; press freedoms in the developing world.

Publications:

Quick Guide to the Internet for Mass Communication. (2000) Primer and reference on the use of the Internet tailored to a journalism and mass communication audience encouraging critical evaluation of information and sources gathered using the Internet. Allyn and Bacon, Fourth Edition, 124 pp.

The Media of Mass Communication: Interactive Edition CD-ROM. Authored pedagogical content for The Media of Mass Communication (John Vivian,fifth edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1999-2000) companion CD-ROM, including multimedia activities; audio; critical thinking sections; practice tests; and Internet links.

Companion Web Sites: The Media of Mass Communication. Allyn and Bacon, 1997-2000.
http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/vivian/. Students find interactive content that expands on concepts introduced in the textbook including self-scoring multiple-choice and true/false tests; quizzes on supplementary videos; glossaries; biographies of people in the media; updates and bibliographies and Web links.

Other:

Journalist in Residence, October - December 2001, Transitions Online, http://www.tol.cz/, an Internet-based news magazine and CNN.com partner covering the 28 former Soviet bloc countries.

E-mail:

mcavanag@brockport.edu

Website:

http://www.cavanagh.info/

Office:

Office: 222 Holmes Hall
(585) 395-5835