Robert Entman

Robert Mathew Entman (born November 7, 1949) is the J.B. and M.C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs and Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University. Entman earned his A.B. in political science from Duke University, his M.P.P. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. Before joining George Washington University, Entman taught at Duke, Northwestern University and North Carolina State University. He also served as a visiting professor at Harvard University for one semester in 1997 and as Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Duke for the 2008-09 academic year. Entman's research has included studies of the portrayal of race and crime on local television news, as well as the effects of television news on Americans' desire to be involved in politics. Entman, R. (1989) "Democracy Without Citizens: Media and the Decay of American Politics" (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Entman, R. and Rojecki, A. (2000) "The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America" (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) Entman, R. (2004) "Projections of Power: Framing News, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy" (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) Entman, R. (2012) "Scandal and Silence: Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct" (Cambridge: Polity Press) Entman, R. (2020) “African Americans according to TV news” in Dennis, E. and Pease, E. (eds.) The Media in Black and White, p. 29-36 (London: Routledge) Entman, R. and Paletz, D. (1980) “Media and the conservative myth”, Journal of Communication 30(4), p. 154-165 Paletz, D. and Entman, R. (1980) “Presidents, Power, and the Press”, Presidential Studies Quarterly 10(3), p. 416-426 Entman, R. (1983) “The impact of ideology on legislative behavior and public policy in the states”, The Journal of Politics 45(1), p. 163-182 Entman, R. (1985) “Newspaper competition and First Amendment ideals: Does monopoly matter?”, Journal of Communication 35(3), p.