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No Photo Available   William R. Davie

Associate Professor, Mass Communication/Broadcasting Coordinator

BORSF Professorship in Communication

Ph.D., Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, 1991

Dissertation title:“Consonance and Diversity in Television News: An Analysis of System Source Variables”

 


 
Publications
 
  • Davie, William R. with James R. Upshaw, Principles of Electronic Media, 2 ed. ( Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 2005).
  • Davie, William R. with James R. Upshaw, Instructor's Manual-Principles of Electronic Media, 2 ed., ( Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 2005).
  • Davie, William R. with James R. Upshaw, Companion Web site-Principles of Electronic Media, ( Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 2003).
  • Davie, William R. with Phil Auter, “Broadcast News Writing,” chapter in Mass Communication Education, Michael D. Murray & Roy Moore, eds. (Ames: Iowa State Press, 2003).
  • Davie, William R., Philip J Auter, and Lucian F. Dinu, “Identifying the Goals of Broadcast Weather Training: Developing a Model Approach to Learning Objectives”
  • NAB Research and Information (Recipients of NAB Research Grants in 2004.)
  • Davie, William R., “Roger Ailes” (7), “Ken Bode” (22-23), “Wolf Blitzer” (21), “Dave Garroway” (88-89), “Larry K. Grossman” (93-94) “Van Gordon Sauter” (223), and “Av Westin” (281-282), in Encyclopedia of Television News, Mike Murray, ed. (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999).
  • Davie, William R., “America’s Town Meeting of the Air” (17-18), “Radio During the Depression” (119-120), “Politics and Media” (304-307), “The Senate Commerce Committee,” (359-360) in Historical Dictionary of American Radio, Donald G. Godfrey and Frederic A. Leigh, eds. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Pub., 1998).
 
 
Book Review Essays
 
  • Davie, William R., Indelible Images: Women of Local Television, edited by Mary E. Beadle and Michael D. Murray. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2001. Sounds in the Dark: All Night Radio in American Life, edited by Michael C. Keith. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2001. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator 57, 2 (2002): 164-67.
  • Davie, William R., “Crime and Passion -- Journalism for the Masses?” Tabloid Tales: Global Debates Over Media Standards, edited by Colin Sparks and John Tulloch.Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Inc., 2000. Entertaining Crime: Television Reality Programs, edited by Mark Fishman and Gray Cavender. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine De Gruyter, Inc., 1998. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 45, 2 (2001): 355-364.
  • Davie, William R., Mixed Signals -- The Prospects for Global Television News, by Richard Parker, New York, NY: The Twentieth Century Fund Press, 1995. Journal of Media Economics 12,1 (1999): 71-72.
 
 
Journal Articles
 
  • Davie, William R. and Jung- Sook Lee, “Handling Hate Speech on Public Access Television,” Feedback 40, 3 (Winter 1999): 33-41.
  • Davie, William R., Linda Fleisher, and Eldra Rodriguez-Gillman, “Broadcasting Internships from a Professional Perspective,” Feedback 40, 1 (Winter 1999): 34-44.
  • Davie, William R., and Jung- Sook Lee, "Sex, Violence, and Consonance/Diversity: An Analysis of Local TV News Values," Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 72, 1 (Spring 1995): 128-138. An earlier version of this paper was presented to the Radio-Television Journalism Division of the Association for the Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montreal, Canada, August 5, 1992.
  • Davie, William R., Jung- Sook Lee, and Claire E. Taylor, “Risk Communication and Broadcast News Coverage: The Evacuation Response to a Hurricane Warning,” Feedback 36, 4 (Fall 1995): 3-6.
 
 
Grants and Contracts
 
  • Davie, William R. and Philip J. Auter, “Weathercasts and College Instruction,” National Association of Broadcasting (NAB) grant approved for $5,000, 2004-05.
  • Davie, William R., Philip J. Auter and Michael Gervais, “ Digitial Video Editing Suites Proposal.” Student Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) grant approved by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for $85,000, August 2003.
  • Davie, William R. and Michael Gervais, “Mini DV Camcorder Acquisition Proposal.” Student Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) grant approved by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for $68,549, April 2001.
  • Davie, William R. and Michael Gervais, “Teleprompter Acquisition for TV Studio.” College of Liberal Arts scientific grant approved by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for $66,794, November 2000.
  • Davie, William R. and Michael Gervais, “Digital Television Studio Enhancement Grant.” College of Liberal Arts scientific grant approved by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for $105,000 November 2000.
 
 
Offices, Awards and Honors
 
  • Chair, Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator (Ed Bliss Award) Committee, Radio-Television Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (August 2001 - 03), committee member (1998 - present).
  • Chair, Radio-Television Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (August 1996 - August 1997).
  • Chair, Professional Freedom and Responsibility (PF&R) Committee, Radio-Television Journalism Division Representative, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (August 1994 - August 1995).
  • Chair, News Interest Division, Broadcast Education Association (1997-99).
  • AEJMC Liaison, ex-officio board member, Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) (1998 -99).
  • Faculty Fellow, Excellence in Journalism Education (RTNDA/Knight), 2000.
  • Stephen H. Coltrin Award, IRTS, February 1999, “Communication Curriculum 2000.”
  • Phi Kappa Phi
 

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