Maria Elizabeth Grabe
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies,
Deptartment of Telecommunications.
Research Associate, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Radio-TV Center, Room 323
(812) 856-2460
mgrabe ‘at’ indiana.edu
Joined IU in 1995 as a faculty member in the School of Journalism and moved to the Department of Telecommunications in 2006. Member of the Graduate Faculty with the endorsement to direct doctoral dissertations.
Education:
B.A. Communication/English from The University of Johannesburg
Honors degree Communication (with distinction) from The University of Johannesburg
M.A. Communication (with distinction) from University of Johannesburg
M.A. International Journalism from Baylor University
Ph.D. Mass Media and Communication from Temple University
Teaching interests:
Mass communication theory and research methods.
Research interests:
Experimental research in the information processing area: Tabloid news, differences between new and traditional media, and gender and social class of the audience
Content analysis of mostly news narratives: Crime and politics
These same IU lefties wrote a study of Bill O Reilly and his Nazis propaganda tactics !