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Daniel Pawley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Profile
Daniel Pawley, Ph.D., mainly studies intentional communities that form around products of media and culture. Fandom, as this subject is sometimes called, involves doing what we do with what we like. It is the study of taste, preference, and choice in modern life, and it seeks to understand what motivates human beings to socialize around specifically chosen music, films, books, and other products of media and culture. Pawley is also highly interested in creative ways of bringing theology and the philosophy of religion into our understanding of contemporary mass media.
Education
Ph.D. - University of Edinburgh
M.A. - Northern Illinois University
B.A. - University of South Florida
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Publications
Pawley, Daniel. "Travels with Pretiz," Latin America Magazine, Spring (1997): 18-21.

Pawley, Daniel. "The Diary of an Immigrant," Books & Culture Magazine, March-April, (1997): 31-34.

Pawley, Daniel. "Journalism and the Community," paper presented at the Third International Conference on Media, Religion, and Culture, University of Edinburgh, 1999

Expertise
Fandom
Media and Culture
Philospphy of Religion
Theology
Courses Taught
Introduction to Mass Communication (COMM 200)
Classroom Practicum (COMM 491)
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