Professor and Chair
135 Johnston Hall
(414) 229-6851
jsmith@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf-62kb)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., Boston University
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Early American press, legal history of freedom of expression, media and war, media and religion.
Teaching Areas: Media History, War and Media, Media and Religion, Introduction to Graduate Studies.
Other Activities:
Associate Editor of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
editorial board member of Journalism History and Communication Law and Policy
Completing a book on the reactions of Victorian-era "moral guardians" to the mass media
Selected Publications:
"Sunday Newspapers and Lived Religion in Late-Nineteenth Century America." Journal of Church and State 48 (Winter 2006): 127-52.
"Fredrick Siebert's Absolute, Adjustable First Amendment." Communication Law and Policy 7 (Autumn 2002): 379-99.
"Hollywood Theology: The Commodification of Religion in Twentieth-Century Films." Religion and American Culture 11 (Summer 2001): 191-231.
War and Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative Power (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).