Professor
124 Johnston Hall
(414) 229-6408
pritchar@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf 45kb)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Ohio State University
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Media law and regulation, sociology of journalism, Canadian media.
Teaching Areas: Law of Mass Communication, Theory and Research Design in Mass Communication, Comparative Media Law.
Selected Publications:
Pritchard, David, Paul R. Brewer, and Florian Sauvageau. "Changes in Canadian Journalists' Views about the Social and Political Roles of the News Media: A Panel Study, 1996-2003." Canadian Journal of Political Science 38 (June 2005): 287-306.
Pritchard, David. Viewpoint Diversity in Cross-Owned Newspapers and Television Stations: A Study of News Coverage of the 2000 Presidential Campaign. Media Ownership Working Group Study No. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission, 2002).
Pritchard, David. "A Tale of Three Cities: 'Diverse and Antagonistic' Information in Situations of Local Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership." Federal Communications Law Journal 54 (December 2001): 31-51.
Pritchard, David, ed. Holding the Media Accountable: Citizens, Ethics, and the Law (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000).
Pritchard, David and Florian Sauvageau. Les journalistes canadiens: Un portrait de fin de siècle (Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1999).
Pritchard, David, and Karen D. Hughes. "Patterns of Deviance in Crime News." Journal of Communication 47 (Summer 1997): 49-67.