Education:
Ph.D., University of Illinois - Urbana - 1996 (Communications)
Areas of Expertise:
Media industries, political economy of media, critical theory, film and television studies.
Books and Publications
"Indiana Jones Versus the Hard-bodied Action Heroes." Sex and Sexuality in a Feminist World. Eds. Katherine Hermes and Karen Ritzenhoff. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Press. 134-51. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2010
"Media Power, Status Politics and Partisanship." Key Concepts in Critical Cultural Studies. Eds, Linda Steiner and Clifford Christians. University of Illinois Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2010
Steven Spielberg's America. Polity Press. Wiley/Blackwell are the American distributors. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
"Video Technology." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2007
"James Carey: The Search for Cultural Balance." Perspectives on Culture, Technology and Communication: The Media Ecology Tradition. Ed. Casey Lum. Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2006
"The Transnationalisation of Hollywood." Hollywood: Recent Developments. Eds. Christian W. Thomsen and Angela Krewani. Stuttgart, Germany: Axel Menges Verlag. 63-69. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005
"When Did They Copyright the World Without Us Noticing?" M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 8.3, July 8. Available online at http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0507/05-wasser.php. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Wasser, Frederick, with Cindy White, et al. "Anatomy of a Media Literacy Institute: An Integrated Model for Media Literacy Education." International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations 4.4: 25-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Wasser, Frederick, with Harris Breslow. "He Didn't Do it: Some Cautions on the Current McLuhan Revival." The Legacy of McLuhan. Eds. Edward Wachtel and Lance Strate. Hampton Press. 261-66. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005
Veni,Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the VCR. University of Texas Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2001
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Marshall McLuhan Award for the best book in the field of media ecology, Media Ecology Association, for Veni, Vidi, Video. (Awards and Honors) 2003
