Mark D Harmon

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Electronic Media
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Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Honors & Awards

May 14, 2010 Quest Scholar of the Week Honoree
2009 Recipient of a Faculty Fellowship from the National Association of Television Programming Executives to attend and to participate in the NATPE Conference, January 23-27, 2010.
October 2009, Video Entry accepted and presented to Broadcast Education Association, Region Two and Three Faculty Showcase, “Betty Boop Explains Libel.”
October 2008, Video Entry accepted and presented to Broadcast Education Association, Region Two Faculty Showcase, “Evolution of the Video Journalist.”.
Podcast series “Term Paper” winner of UT Faculty Course Concepts category, forwarded to statewide competition, June 2009
Podcast series “Double Take” winner of UT Faculty Course Concepts category, forwarded to statewide competition, June 2008.
Appointed a Faculty Associate of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 2008.
Outstanding Alumnus Award 2005, Penn State Manchester Program Alumni Interest Group.
International Radio and Television Society, Frank Stanton Fellow 2004, award for distinguished broadcast education, Nov. 17, 2004.
2003 Principal author on a successful Wireless Instruction grant application from the Innovative Technology Center. The grant provided laptop computers and digital camcorders for a series of field and classroom exercises simulating live reporting.
2002 Principal author on a successful grant application to the Innovative Technology Center, $15,000 for a series of website modules regarding measuring media audiences. The modules were created by the Broadcasting Department, College of Communications, University of Tennessee.
2001 Awarded Radio Television News Directors Foundation Excellence in Journalism Education Grant to work in a broadcast newsroom in the summer of 2001 with an RTNDF stipend covering all costs.
College of Communications, University of Tennessee, Faculty Research Award, 2001-2002; Outstanding Teaching Award, 1999-2000.
2001 Awarded a Faculty First 2001 grant from the Innovative Technology Center to construct a "Thinking Visually" web site and CD-ROM related to shot composition and editing.
2001 Awarded NAA/CUE/ITC mini-grant of $500 toward purchase of a digital camera for classroom use demonstrating shot composition.
2001 Awarded (with colleague Steve McClung) a College of Communications Research Center grant of $2,700 for a study of local television news accuracy.
2000 Awarded Teaching with Technology Grant at the University of Tennessee, $2000 plus a laptop computer, for a web site regarding media ethics.
College of Communication grants to complete research projects with graduate students (2001, Amy Varecka; 2002, Maria Fontenot; 2003, Syrenthia Johnson).

Dr. Mark Harmon has authored more than two dozen academic research articles, and
more than 50 refereed research presentations. He is the author of three book chapters,
and two popular instructional websites linked above. His work has appeared in some of the
most prestigious journals in his field, including Journalism Quarterly and the
International Journal of Public Opinion Research. He has been honored with his college’s
outstanding research award as well as its outstanding teaching award and a chancellor’s
citation for extraordinary community service. The International Radio and Television
Society honored him as in 2004 as the Frank Stanton fellow for distinguished broadcast
education. 

Dr. Harmon also has a political resume. In 2006 he was elected to the Knox County
Commission, the only challenger in that county election to defeat an incumbent. In 1998
he won a primary to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for Congress in the 13th district
of Texas. He also has served as a county party chairman and a campaign manager. 

Dr. Harmon has worked as a television news producer and reporter, a radio news reporter,
host of a radio talk show, and guest columnist for several newspapers and magazines.

Articles

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A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Network TV Newscasts and Strikes: Political Economy on the Picket Line (with Lee Shu-Yueh), School of Journalism and Electronic Media Publications and Other Works (2010)

News media coverage of labor traditionally has been used as a supporting example for Political...

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Religious Groups & “Affluenza”: Further Exploration of the TV-Materialism Link, School of Journalism and Electronic Media Publications and Other Works (2010)

The researcher explores whether previously noted links between television viewing and materialism also appear among...

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That is Not Goldfish Swallowing: Newsreels Encounter Protests Against the Vietnam War, School of Journalism and Electronic Media Publications and Other Works (2010)

Universal Newsreels did not shut down until the end of December 1967, so it had...

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When Mediated Poverty Stereotypes align with Public Opinion: A Clear Predictor of Ideology and Party in the U.S., School of Journalism and Electronic Media Publications and Other Works (2010)

Attribution Theory observes that people have a compelling need to explain things, and those explanations...

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Arab youth, television and "affluenza", School of Journalism and Electronic Media Publications and Other Works (2008)

Popularized by several books, articles, and even a stage play over the last several years,...

SelectedWorks of Mark D Harmon