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About Ted M. Coopman

Ted M. Coopman (Ph.D. University of Washington, 2008) is an emeritus lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at San José State University, San José, California, and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Communication, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. His research on free radio, media-based social movements, and the use of technology by activists is informed by his own experiences as an activist since 1993. His research has been published in Critical Studies in Media Communication, New Media and Society, First Monday, the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, the Journal of Radio Studies, the American Communication Journal, 2nd Internet Research Annual, and Political Communication as well as in the edited volumes Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience, and the Global Justice Movement (Greenwood), and the award winning Communication Activism, Vol. 2 (Hampton Press). Ted's research has earned the Article of the Year Award for the American Communication Journal, and top student paper awards from the Association of Internet Researchers, and the Mass Communication (1997 & 2006) and Group Divisions of the National Communication Association, and the Communication Theory Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association (with Lagos and Tomhave). He has served on the Board of Directors of American Communication Association (1997-2002), as Graduate Student Representative (2005-2007) and as an Open Seat Representative (2009-2011) to the Executive Committee of the Association of Internet Researchers. His current research focus is developing theory on new media based emergent, self-organizing resistance networks. Ted also served as a Faculty Consultant for Academic Technology at SJSU from 2012-2015 developing and implementing training programs. He developed and acts as faculty coordinator for the Communication Studies Social Media Team, a student run "social media start-up" that manages the programs social media properties.

Positions

Present Emeritus Lecturer, San Jose State University Emeritus Faculty
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Lecturer, San Jose State University Communication Studies
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Education

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2008 Ph.D., University of Washington ‐ Communication
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1995 M.S., San Jose State University ‐ Journalism and Mass Communications
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1987 B.A., California State University, Fresno ‐ Theatre Arts
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Contact Information

ted.coopman@sjsu.edu


Refereed Publications (10)

Convention/Conference Papers (7)

Invited Articles (3)

Thesis (1)

Trade Publications (4)