Getting the Media Message



		Dr. Joseph Bernt Principal Investigator Dr. Bernt is a Professor in the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He teaches graduate courses and conducts research in content analysis methodology, mass communication theory, and magazine history and content. He was director of Ohio University's Scripps Survey Research Center (1997-2000) and conducted national, state, county, and local telephone surveys for media organizations and the Ohio Department of Health. His research, using content analysis and survey methodologies, has focused on race, gender, and sexual-orientation representations in magazines and newspapers and on changing patterns in media content. In 2001The Big Chill: Investigative Reporting in the Current Media Environment, published with Marilyn Greenwald, received the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Research in Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists. Before coming to Ohio University, Dr. Bernt developed career information and university recruitment materials for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
		Dr. Phyllis Bernt Principal Investigator Dr. Bernt is a Professor in the McClure School of Communication Systems Management at Ohio University. The McClure School offers one of the few degree programs in the nation focused exclusively on the preparation of telecommunications and IT professionals. Dr. Bernt teaches and conducts research in telecommunications and information policy; universal service and digital divide issues; the social impact of technology; gender and technology; and international telecommunications. She created and teaches the course, "Women in the Information Age," which explores the influence of information technologies (the telegraph, telephone, computer, Internet) on the domestic and work lives of women. She spent nine years doing accounting and regulatory work in the telephone industry.
		Dr. Sandra Turner Principal Investigator Dr. Turner is a Professor of Technology in Teaching and Learning in the Department of Educational Studies at Ohio University. She has worked extensively with middle school teachers and their students in implementing multimedia technologies, project-based learning activities, and alternative assessment within a constructivist learning environment. Her research interests include gender issues in education and technology, teacher professional development, Web-based learning, children as hypermedia authors, and peer collaboration among students in a technology-rich environment.
		Ellen Pettey, MEd Project Manager Prior to this position, Ms. Pettey worked for 11 years at Ohio University with low income and first generation students, students having academic difficulty and students with special needs. She taught academic success skills and developed an academic computing skills course. She won funding to create a computer learning facility where students, staff and faculty could learn basic computing, internet searching, presentation, publishing and web design skills. She is interested in the integration of useful technologies into the classroom and especially their ability to accommodate a variety of learning styles. She has developed the website for this project. Return to top
		Dr. Tshepo Batane Graduate Student Participant Dr. Batane received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in Instructional Technology from Ohio University in June 2002. Her dissertation examined technology use in two secondary schools in her home country, Botswana. Her research interests include exploring ways through which technology can be used to enhance learning and preparing teachers to effectively integrate technology in their classrooms.
		Dr. Tomoko Kanayama Graduate Student Participant Dr. Kanayama received her Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Ohio University in June 2003. Her research focuses on the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on society, and media influence in diffusion of ICT.
		Dr. Hongyan Ma Graduate Student Participant Dr. Ma received her PhD in Instructional Technology from Ohio University spring quarter, 2005. Her research interest focused on young people's Internet use and interpretations.
		Dr. Beatrice A. Boateng Graduate Student Participant Dr. Boateng received her PhD in Instructional Technology at Ohio University fall quarter, 2006. She was born in Ghana but has lived in South Africa most of her life. She is interested in educational technologies appropriate to rural education in developing countries.
		Mariel Betancourt Graduate Student Participant Ms. Betancourt is a masters student of Journalism at Ohio University. A former newspaper reporter and editor, her current research focuses on how American media present cultural diversity through the portrayal of ethnic groups and reporting of foreign news.
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