Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ph.D., Political Science (1999)  

M.A., Political Science (1997)

University of Kentucky

B.A., Political Science (1994)

Academic appointments

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

Associate Professor (2005-present); Graduate Director (2005-present)

Assistant Professor (2003-2005)

George Washington University, Department of Political Science

Assistant Professor (1999-2003)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Political Science

Teaching Fellow (1996-1999)

Teaching Assistant (1995-1996)

Research Assistant (1995)

Book

Brewer, Paul R. 2008. Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield).

Journal articles

Brewer, Paul R. and David Pritchard. 2008. “Ideology and Public Trust in Radio as a Source for Local News.” Journal of Radio and Audio Media (forthcoming).

Cao, Xiaoxia and Paul R. Brewer. 2008. “Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research 20(1):90-99.

Pritchard, David, Christopher Terry, and Paul R. Brewer. 2008. “One Owner, One Voice? Testing a Central Premise of Media Ownership Policy.” Communication Law and Policy 13(1):1-27.

Brewer, Paul R. and Timothy Macafee.  2007. “Anchors Away: Media Framing of Broadcast Television News Anchors.” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 12(4):3-19.

Brewer, Paul R. and Emily Marquardt. 2007. "Mock News and Democracy: Analyzing The Daily Show." Atlantic Journal of Communication 15(4):249-267.

Gross, Kimberly and Paul R. Brewer. 2007. “Sore Losers: News Frames, Policy Debates, and Emotions.”  Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 12(1):122-133.

Voeten, Erik and Paul R. Brewer. 2006. "Public Opinion, the War in Iraq, and Presidential Accountability." Journal of Conflict Resolution 50(6):809-830.

Brewer, Paul R. 2006. "National Interest Frames and Public Opinion about World Affairs." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 11(4):89-102.

Vercellotti, Timothy and Paul R. Brewer. 2006. "'To Plead Our Own Cause': Public Opinion toward Black and Mainstream News Media among African-Americans." Journal of Black Studies 37(2):231-250.

Brewer, Paul R. and Xiaoxia Cao. 2006. “Candidate Appearances on Soft News Shows and Public Knowledge about Primary Campaigns.” Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 50(1):18-35.

Brewer, Paul R. and Clyde Wilcox. 2005. "Trends: Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions." Public Opinion Quarterly 69(4):599-616.

Brewer, Paul R. and Kimberly Gross. 2005. “Values, Framing, and Citizens’ Thoughts about Policy Issues: Effects on Content and Quantity.” Political Psychology 26(6):929-948.

Pritchard, David, Paul R. Brewer, and Florian Sauvageau. 2005. “Canadian Journalists’ Opinions about Social and Political Roles of the News Media: A Panel Study, 1996-2003.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 38(2)287-306.

Brewer, Paul R., Sean Aday, and Kimberly Gross. 2005. “Do Americans Trust Other Nations? A Panel Study.” Social Science Quarterly 86(1):36-51.

Brewer, Paul R. 2004. “Public Trust in (or Cynicism about) Other Nations across Time.” Political Behavior 26(4):317-341.

Gross, Kimberly, Sean Aday, and Paul R. Brewer. 2004. “A Panel Study of Media Effects on Political and Social Trust after September 11, 2001.” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 9(4):49-73.

Brewer, Paul R., Kimberly Gross, Sean Aday, and Lars Willnat. 2004. “International Trust and Public Opinion about World Affairs.” American Journal of Political Science 48(1):92-108.

Brewer, Paul R. 2003. “The Shifting Foundations of Public Opinion about Gay Rights.” Journal of Politics 65(4):1208-20.

Brewer, Paul R. 2003. “Values, Political Knowledge, and Public Opinion about Gay Rights: A Framing-Based Account.” Public Opinion Quarterly 67(2):173-201.

Brewer, Paul R., Jospeh Graf, and Lars Willnat. 2003. “Priming or Framing: Media Influence on Attitudes toward Foreign Countries.” Gazette 65(6):493-508.

Brewer, Paul R. 2002. “Framing, Value Words, and Citizens’ Explanations of Their Issue Opinions.” Political Communication 19(3):303-16.

Brewer, Paul R. and Lee Sigelman. 2002. “Trust in Government: Personal Ties That Bind?” Social Science Quarterly 83(2):625-31.

Brewer, Paul R. and Marco R. Steenbergen. 2002. “All Against All: How Beliefs about Human Nature Shape Foreign Policy Opinions.” Political Psychology 23(1):39-58.

Brewer, Paul R. and Lee Sigelman. 2002. “Political Scientists as Color Commentators: Framing and Expert Commentary in Media Campaign Coverage.” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 7(1):23-35.

Brewer, Paul R. 2001. “Value Words and Lizard Brains: Do Citizens Deliberate about Appeals to Their Core Values?” Political Psychology 22(1):45-64.

 

Chapters in edited volumes
 

Brewer, Paul R. and Xiaoxia Cao. 2008. “Late-Night Comedy Television Shows as News Sources: What the Polls Say.” Chapter in Laughing Matters: Humor and American Politics in the Media Age (Jonathan S. Morris and Jody C. Baumgartner, editors).  New York: Routledge.

Wilcox, Clyde, Paul R. Brewer, Celinda Lake, and Shauna Shames. 2007. “If I Bend This Far I Will Break: Public Opinion on Same Sex Marriage.” Chapter in The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage (Craig A. Rimmerman and Clyde Wilcox, editors). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Goldman, Seth and Paul R. Brewer. 2007. “From Gay Bashing to Gay Baiting: Public Opinion and News Media Frames for Gay Marriage.” Chapter in Defending Same-Sex Marriage, Volume III: The Freedom-to-Marry Movement: Education, Advocacy, Culture, and the Media (Martin Dupuis and William Thompson, editors). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Brewer, Paul R. and Christopher J. Deering. 2005. “Interest Groups, Campaign Fundraising and Selection of House Committee Chairs.” Chapter in The Interest Group Connection: Electioneering, Lobbying, and Policymaking, 2nd edition (Paul S. Herrnson, Ronald G. Shaiko, and Clyde Wilcox, editors). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.

Steenbergen, Marco R. and Paul R. Brewer. 2004. “The Not-So Ambivalent Public: Policy Attitudes in the Political Culture of Ambivalence.” Chapter in Studies in Public Opinion: Attitudes, Nonattitudes, Measurement Error, and Change (Paul Sniderman and Willem Saris, editors). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Brewer, Paul, Sean Aday, and Kimberly Gross. 2003. “Rallies All Around: The Dynamics of System Support.” Chapter in Framing Terrorism: Understanding Terrorist Threats and Mass Media (Pippa Norris, Montague Kern, and Marion Just, editors). New York: Routledge.

Brewer, Paul R. 2002. “Public Opinion, Economic Issues, and the Vote: Are Presidential Elections ‘All About the Benjamins?’” Chapter in Understanding Public Opinion, 2nd edition (Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox, editors). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.
 

Other publications

Brewer, Paul R. Review of Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America, by Larry Gross.  New York: Columbia University Press, 2001; Straight News: Gays, Lesbians, and the News Media, by Edward Alwood. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996; and All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America, by Suzanna Danuta Walters. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Political Communication 24(4):462-464.

Brewer, Paul R. 2005. “International Trust.” Entry in Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion (Samuel J. Best and Benjamin Radcliff, editors). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Brewer, Paul R. 2004. Review of Stealth Democracy: Americans’ Beliefs about How Government Should Work, by John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. Journal of Politics 66(2):634-6.

Brewer, Paul R. 2004. Review of Soft News Goes to War: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age, by Matthew A. Baum. Perspectives on Political Science 33(2):106.

Brewer, Paul R. 2003. Review of Media, Profit, and Politics: Competing Priorities in an Open Society, by Joseph Harper and Thom Yantek (editors). Perspectives on Political Science 32(4):243-4.

External research grants

Russell Sage Foundation, "Crisis and Confidence Revisited," (Co-Principal Investigators: Kimberly Gross, Sean Aday, and Lars Willnat), $7,555 (2002).

National Science Foundation, Small Grant for Exploratory Research, “Crisis and Confidence” (Co-Principal Investigators: Kimberly Gross, Sean Aday, and Lars Willnat), $56,310 (2001-2002).      

Internal research grants

George Washington University, University Facilitating Fund Award, “Defining the Issue: Equality, Family Values, and Public Opinion toward Gay Rights,” $6,955 (2001-2002).

George Washington University, Junior Scholar Incentive Award, “Defining the Issue: Equality, Family Values, and Public Opinion toward Gay Rights,” $5,000 (2001).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, On-Campus Dissertation Fellowship, $6,000 (1999).

Honors

Research Award. Graduate School/UWM Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2005).

James Prothro Award for Outstanding Research by a Graduate Student.  Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999).

Teaching Assistant Technology Supplement Award.  Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998).

James Prothro Award for Best Masters Thesis.  Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1997).

Vandenbosch Award to Outstanding Senior Political Science Major. Department of Political Science, University of Kentucky (1994).

Manuscript reviewer 

American Journal of Media Psychology, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, American Politics Research, American Review of Politics, Asian Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Communication Theory, Critical Studies in Media Communication, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics, Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence, Mass Communication and Society, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Politics & Gender, Politics and Religion, Social Forces, Social Science Quarterly

Grant proposal reviewer

National Science Foundation (Political Science program; Law and Social Science program), Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

[Last updated March 3, 2008]

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