Breaking Boundaries Symposium on Entertainment and Politics

On April 8-10, the Center for Political Communication at the University of Delaware sponsored Breaking Boundaries, a three-day conference on the topic of Politics and Entertainment. Scholars across discipline, epistemology, and method came together to develop a plan for a ground-breaking, theoretically-grounded, systematic study of how entertainment media relates to, informs, and interacts with more traditional public affairs media within the context of politics. The weekend consisted of guided roundtable discussions, a keynote presentation by Joe Randazzo, Editor of the satirical newspaper, The Onion, as well as a live political humor performance by political comedians and impersonators, Don Montrey and Tony Braithwaite. A list of participating Faculty can be found HERE.

Guest	Position	University	Discussion Group
Baym, Geoffrey	Associate Professor of Media Studies	University of North Carolina, Greensboro	history
Carpini, Michael Delli	Dean, Annenberg School for Communication	University of Pennsylvania	history
Feldman, Lauren	Assistant Professor of Communication	American University	quantifying outcomes
Gray, Jonathan	Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies	University of Wisconsin	critical cultural approaches
Hart, Roderick	Dean, College of Communication Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation	University of Texas at Austin	normative questions
Hoffman, Lindsay	Assistant Professor of Communication	University of Delaware	cognitive approaches
Holbert, R. Lance	Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Communication	The Ohio State University	normative questions
Jones, Jeffrey	Associate Professor of Communication	Old Dominion University	critical cultural approaches
Lamarre, Heather	Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication	University of Minnesota	quantifying outcomes
Prior, Markus	Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs	Princeton University	normative questions
Williams, Bruce	Professor of Media Studies and Sociology	University of Virginia	critical cultural approaches
Xenos, Michael	Associate Professor of Communication	University of Wisconsin	quantifying outcomes
Young, Dannagal G.	Assistant Professor of Communication	University of Delaware	cognitive approaches