Ronald Bishop
Professor
Department of Communication
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
Ron Bishop is a one-time sportswriter, one-time newspaper editor, one-time public relations manager who since he was a child growing up in northern New Jersey knew he'd find his way into a classroom. A chance meeting with current Department of Communication colleague Ernie Hakanen at an academic conference in 1994, combined with his boss' decision to outsource his PR job, was the catalyst for his career at Drexel.
Research Interest
Investigative reporting, sports journalism, journalism history, journalism sourcing patterns, textual narrative and ideological analysis, cultural history of fame.
Publications
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“The Least Anxious Person in a Boat: Journalists Perform a Status Degradation Ceremony as They Mourn Walter Cronkite,†Electronic Journal of Communication, 21, 3-4 (2012)
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“A Textual Analysis of Ford’s ‘Drive One’ Ad Campaign: Introduction of the Domesticated Journalist.†Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Journal, Fall 2012/Spring 2013
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“The Professional Protester: Emergence of a New News Media Protest Coverage Paradigm in Time Magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year Issue.†Journal of New Media and Magazine Research, 14,1 (Spring 2013
