VITA
NANCY SIGNORIELLI, Ph.D.
October 1997
OFFICE:
University of Delaware
Department of Communication
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-8022
FAX - 302-831-1892
E-mail: NANCYS@UDEL.EDU
EDUCATION:
A.B., 1965, major in psychology, allied field of mathematics
Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
M.A., 1967, experimental psychology
Queens College - City University of New York, Flushing, NY
Ph.D., 1975, communications research
University of Pennsylvania,
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104.
POSITIONS:
Professor, September 1992 to present
Associate Professor, September, 1987 to August, 1992
Dept. of Communication
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Teach courses in mass communication including Mass Media Effects,
Mass Media and Deviance, Mass Media Images, Children and Television,
and Research Methods. Responsible for the graduate program in
communication. Research interests include television and conceptions
of social reality and mass media images. Director, M.A. program
in Communication.
Research Administrator
The Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 19104
August 1, 1977 to August 31, 1987
Directed and supervised activities of the Cultural Indicators
research project. Co-Principal Investigator for projects sponsored
by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental
Health, Administration on Aging, and the American Medical Association.
Procured funding, wrote proposals (including budgets) for research
projects. Responsible for the execution, completion, and report
preparation of funded research projects. Served as the System
Administrator for The Annenberg School of Communications's PRIME
550-II computer from 1981 to 1983.
Research Specialist, April 1973 to July 1977
The Annenberg School of Communications
National Institute of Mental Health Grant,
Cultural Indicators
Research Associate, August 1969 to March 1973
Surgeon General`s Scientific Advisory Committee Grant for the
Study of Violence in Television Drama
The Annenberg School of Communications
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Instructor,Department of Psychology, 1970 - 1971
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, 1969 - 1970
Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA
BOOKS:
Women in Communication: A Bibliographic Sourcebook, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Mass Media Images and Impact on Health, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
A Sourcebook on Children and Television, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Cultivation Analysis: New Directions in Media Effects Research. Edited by Nancy Signorielli and Michael Morgan. Newbury Park, CA, 1990
Violence and Terror in the Mass Media: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. (with George Gerbner)
Role Portrayal and Stereotyping on Television: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies Relating to Women, Minorities, Aging, Sexual Behavior, Health and Handicaps. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
PUBLICATIONS:
Sex on Prime Time: A 20 Year Look. Submitted for publication. (With Rebecca Churilla)
Television and Nutrition: Unhealthy Messages. In D. L. King & B. K. Rothman (Eds), Encyclopedia of Childhood. Henry Holt Reference Books (in press)
Growing up with Television; The Images and Lessons of Violence. In D. L. King & B. K. Rothman (Eds), Encyclopedia of Childhood. Henry Holt Reference Books (in press)
Health Images on Television. In L. D. Jackson & K. Duffy (Eds.) Communication in Medical Ethics. Westport CT: Greenwood Press (in press)
Minority and Gender-Role Images on Television: Where we are and where we might go. To appear in Cornfield, M., Gomery, D., & Lichty, L.W. (Eds) A Media Studies Primer: Who to Read, What to Know, and Where to Go Next. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press. (in press)
Nutrition and the Mass Media: Unhealthy Messages in J. Applegate, L. Donohew & J. Knuf (eds.), Health promotion and disease prevention. Erlbaum (in press)
Introduction to Chapter 11. In Trent, J. S. (1997). Communication: Views from the 21st Century. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, pp. 254-256.
Television and Children's Conceptions of Nutrition. Health Communication, 1997, 9(4), 289-302. (with Jessica Staples)
News coverage of abortion between Roe and Webster: Public opinion and real world events. Communication Research Reports, 1997, 14(1), 97-105 (with B. Perse, D. McLeod, J. Dee)
Cultivation Analysis-Research and Practice. In, M.B. Salwen & D.W. Stacks, Jr. An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research (pp. 111-126). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1996 (with Michael Morgan)
Actual and perceived U.S. Public opinion: The Spiral of Science During the Persian Gulf war. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 1995, 7(3), 910-109 (with D. McLeod, W. Eveland)
Violence on television: The Cultural Indicators Project. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 1995, 39(2), 278-283. (with G. Gerbner & M. Morgan)
Ungesunde Botschaften Medieneinflusse auf das gesundheits- und Ernahrungsverhalten von kindern. In Franzmann, B., Frohlich, W. D., Hoffmann, H, Sporri, B. & Aitzlsperger, R (eds.), Auf den schultern von Gutenberg: Medienokologische perspektiven der fernsehgesellschaft (pp. 150-164). Berlin, Germany: Auintessenz Verlags-GmbH. 1995
Gender Stereotypes in MTV Commercials: The Beat Goes On. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 1994, 38(1), 91-102. (with D. McLeod, E. Healy).
Conflict and Public Opinion: Rallying Effects in the Gulf War. Journalism Quarterly (1994, 71(1), 20-31) (with W. Eveland and D. McLeod)
Growing Up With Television: The Cultivation Perspective. In J. Bryant & D. Zillmann (eds.), Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research (pp.17-42). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1994. (with G. Gerbner, L. Gross, & M. Morgan)
Sex Roles and Stereotyping on Television. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 1993,4(3),551-562.
The Evil Empire Revisited: The New York Times Coverage of the Soviet Intervention In and Withdrawal From Afghanistan. Journalism Quarterly, 1993, 70(3), 647-655. (with J. Krishnaiah and D. McLeod)
Television, the Portrayal of Women, and Children's Attitudes. In G. L. Berry & J. K. Asamen (Eds.), Children and Television in a Changing Socio-Cultural World (pp. 229-242). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.
Public Perceptions and Evaluations of the Role of the Media in the Persian Gulf War. In B. S. Greenberg & W. Gantz (eds.), Desert Storm and the Mass Media (pp.197-212). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1993. (with D.McLeod, E. Perse, & J. A. Courtright)
Television and Adolescents' Perceptions About Work. Youth & Society 1993, 24(3), 314-341.
Television and Children's Conceptions of Nutrition: Unhealthy messages. Health Communication , 1992, 4(4), 245-258. (with M. Lears)
Children, Television, and Conceptions about Chores: Attitudes and behaviors. Sex Roles, 1992, 27(3/4), 157-170. (with M. Lears)
Researcher Reviews Violence Concerns. Media & Values, 1991, 52-53, 23.
Adolescents and Ambivalence Towards Marriage: A Cultivation Analysis. Youth and Society, (1991, 23(1), 121-149.
Television and Health: Images and Impact. In Charles Atkin and Larry Wallack (Eds.), Mass Communication and Public Health, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1991 (pp. 96-113).
Television's Mean and Dangerous World: A Continuation of the Cultural Indicators Perspective. In Nancy Signorielli and Michael Morgan (eds.), Cultivation Analysis: New Directions in Media Effects Research. Sage Publications, 1990.
Children, Television, and Gender Roles: Messages and Impact. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 1990, 11(1), 50-58.
Cultivation Analysis: Conceptualization and Methodology. In Nancy Signorielli and Michael Morgan (eds.), Cultivation Analysis: New Directions in Media Effects Research. Sage Publications, 1990. (with Michael Morgan)
Violence Profile 1967-1988-89: Enduring Patterns. The University of Delaware, Dept. of Communication, January 1990 (with George Gerbner).
The Stigma of Mental Illness on Television. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1989, 33(3), 325-331.
Television and Conceptions about Sex Roles: Maintaining Conventionality and the Status Quo. Sex Roles, 1989, 21(5/6), 337-356.
Responses to "Star Wars of a Different Kind: Reflections on the Politics of the Religion and Television Research Project". Review of Religious Research, 1989, 94-98. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Stewart Hoover, Michael Morgan).
Children and Adolescents on Television: A Consistent Pattern of Devaluation. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 1987, 7(3).
Drinking, Sex, and Violence on Television: The Cultural Indicators Perspective, Journal of Drug Education, 1987, 17(3), 245-261.
Selective Television Viewing: A Limited Possibility. Journal of Communication, 1986, 36(3), 64-76.
Living with Television: The Dynamics of the Cultivation Process. In J. Bryant and D. Zillmann (eds.), Perspectives in Media Effects , Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Inc., 1986. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
A Comparison of American and Dutch Programming. Gazette, 1985, 35, pp. 93-108. (with Harry Bouwman)
The Measurement of Violence in Television Programming: Violence Indices.In Joseph Dominick and James Fletcher (eds.) Broadcasting Research Methods: A Reader, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1985.
Facts, Fantasies, and Schools. Society, Fall, 1984, 9-13. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
The Impact of the "Electronic Church" on the Local Church. Ministries, Fall 1984, 58-62. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Stewart Hoover, Michael Morgan, Harry Cotugno, and Robert Wuthnow)
Political Correlates of Television Viewing. Public Opinion Quarterly, 1984, 48:l, 283-300. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan).
Health, Prevention and Television: Images of the Elderly and Perceptions of Social Reality. Prevention in Human Services: Aging and Prevention, 1983, 3:1, 97-118.
The Demography of the Television World, in O. H. Gandy, P. Espinosa, and J. A. Ordover (eds.), Proceedings from the Tenth Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1983 and in G. Melischek, K. E. Rosengren, and J. Stappers (eds.), Cultural Indicators: An International Symposium, Vienna, Austria: Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984.
The World According to Television. American Demographics, 1982, 4 (9), 15-17. (with George Gerbner)
Charting the Mainstream: Television's Contribution to Political Orientations, Journal of Communication, 1982, 32:2, 100-127. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Marital Status in TV Drama: A Case of Reduced Options, Journal of Broadcasting, 1982, 26:2, 585-597.
What Television Teaches About Doctors and Health. Mobius: A Journal for Continuing Education Professionals in Health Services, 1982, 2:2, 44-51. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Programming Health Portrayals: What Viewers See, Say and Do. In D. Pearl, J. Lazar and L. Bouthilet (eds.), Television and Behavior: Ten Years of Scientific Progress and Implications for the 80's. National Institute of Mental Health, 1982. (with George Gerbner and Michael Morgan)
Violence in Television Programs: Ten Years Later. in D. Pearl, J. Lazar, and L. Bouthilet (eds.), Television and Behavior: Ten Years of Scientific Progress and Implications for the 80's, National Institute of Mental Health, 1982. (with Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Content Analysis: More than Just Counting Minorities. In In Search of Diversity: Minority Audiences and Programming Research. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Office of Communication Research, 1981.
Health and Medicine on Television. The New England Journal of Medicine, October 8, 1981, 305:15, 901-904. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Audience Production Functions: A Technical Approach to Broadcast Programming. Journalism Quarterly, Summer 1981. (with Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.)
Final Reply to Paul Hirsch. Communication Research, July, 1981, 8:3, 259-280. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Scientists on the TV Screen. Society, May/June, 1981, 41-44. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
A Curious Journey Into the Scary World of Paul Hirsch. Communication Research, January 1981, 45, 116-118. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
On the Limits of "The Limits of Advocacy Research": Response to Hirsch. Public Opinion Research, 1981, 45, 116-118. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Some Additional Comments on Cultivation Analysis, Public Opinion Quarterly, Fall 1980, 44:3, 408-410. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Television Violence, Victimization, and Power. American Behavioral Scientist, 1980, 3:5, 705-716. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
The "Mainstreaming" of America: Violence Profile No. 11, Journal of Communication, 1980, 30:3, 10-29. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Covering Abuse: Content and Policy -- Magazine Coverage. In George Gerbner, Catherine J. Ross and Edward Zigler, Child Abuse: An Agenda for Action, New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.
Aging with Television: Images on Television Drama and Conceptions of Social Reality. Journal of Communication, 1980, 30:1, 37-47. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
The Demonstration of Power: Violence Profile No. 10, Journal of Communication, 1979, 29:3, 177-196. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Michael Morgan and Marilyn Jackson-Beeck)
On Wober's "Televised Violence and Paranoid Perception: The View From Great Britain," Public Opinion Quarterly, 1979, 43:1 123-124. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Television and Children's Conceptions About Occupations, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Herb. S. Dordick (ed.). Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, 1979. (with Suzanne Jeffries-Fox)
The Image of the Elderly in Prime-Time Television Drama. Generations, 1978, 3:2, 10-11. (with George Gerbner)
The World of Television News. In William Adams and Fay Schriebman (eds.) Television Network News: Issues in Content Research. Washington, D.C.: George Washington University Press, 1978. (with George Gerbner)
Cultural Indicators: Violence Profile No. 9, Journal of Communication, 1978, 28:3, 176-207. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Marilyn Jackson-Beeck, and Suzanne Jeffries-Fox)
"The Gerbner Violence Profile" -- An Analysis of the CBS Report and One More Time: An Analysis of the CBS "Final Comments on the Violence Profile", Journal of Broadcasting, 1977, 21:3, 280-286 and 297-303.(with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Michael Eleey, Marilyn Jackson-Beeck and Suzanne Jeffries-Fox)
TV Violence Profile, No. 8: The Highlights, Journal of Communication, 1977, 27:2, 171-180. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Michael Eleey, Marilyn Jackson-Beeck, and Suzanne Jeffries-Fox)
Patterns in Prime-Time, Journal of Communication, 1974, 24:2, 119-124.
Apples, Oranges, and the Kitchen Sink: An Analysis and Guide to the Comparison of "Violence Ratings" and Validity Indeed!, Journal of Broadcasting, 17:1, Winter 1972-73, 21-31 and 34-35. (with George Gerbner and Michael Eleey)
FINAL GRANT REPORTS:
Reflections of Girls in the Media: A Content Analysis Across Six Media. Report prepared for Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation, April 1997.
Alcohol, Drug, and Tobacco Advertising in Sports Programming. Report prepared in conjunction with a grant to George Gerbner from the Robert T. Wood Johnson Foundation. December, 1996.
Television's Mean World: Violence Profile No. 14-15. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1986. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Television Entertainment and Viewers' Conceptions of Science. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1985. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Religion on Television. A Research Report by the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania and The Gallup Organization, April, 1984. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Stewart Hoover, Michael Morgan, Harry Cotugno, and Robert Wuthnow)
Aging with Television Commercials: Images on Television Commercials and Dramatic Programming, 1977-1979. Report to the Administration on Aging. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1981. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Television's Contribution to Public Understanding of Science: A Pilot Project. Report to the National Science Foundation. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA October 1980. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Violence Profile No. 11: Trends in Network Dramatic Television Drama and Viewer Conceptions of Social Reality, 1967-1979. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1980. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Aging with Television: What Viewers See and What They Say. Report for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging. Los Angeles hearings, April 1980. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
Aging with Television: Images on Television Drama and Conceptions of Social Reality. Report to the Administration on Aging. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1980. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, and Michael Morgan)
Media and the Family: Images and Impact. Paper prepared for the National Research Forum on Family Issues. White House Conference on Families, Washington, D.C. April 10-11, 1980. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross and Michael Morgan)
CROSSROADS: An Analysis of a Corporation Newsletter. A Report to the FMC Corporation, The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1979. (with Linda Pignatiello)
Women and Minorities in Television Drama, 1969-1978. Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, October 1979. (with George Gerbner)
Violence Profile No. 10: Trends in Network Television Drama and Viewer Conceptions of Social Reality. Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1979. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Michael Morgan and Marilyn Jackson-Beeck)
A Preliminary Investigation of the Image of Children in Network Television Drama. A research report prepared for the Foundation for Child Development. The Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 1978. (with George Gerbner)
Women in Public Broadcasting: A Progress Report. Prepared for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, D.C. The Annenberg School of Communications, March 1978.
Violence Profile No. 9: Trends in Network Television Drama and Viewer Conceptions of Social Reality, 1967-1977, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1978. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Marilyn Jackson-Beeck and Suzanne Jeffries-Fox)
Violence Profile No. 8: Trends in Network Television Drama and Viewer Conceptions of Social Reality. Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1977. (with George Gerbner, Larry Gross, Michael Eleey, Suzanne Jeffries-Fox and Marilyn Jackson-Beeck)
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Distinction on the Comprehensive Examination in Psychology,
Wilson College, 1965.
Listed in Who's Who in American Women and Who's Who in International Education.
SERVICE:
University of Delaware:
Chair, Organization & Rules Committee,
Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate, 1993-1996
Faculty Senate, fall 1988 to Spring 1992
Graduate Director, M.A. program in Communication
Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Communication
Steering Committee for Middle States Accreditation
Discipline:
Mass Communication Division, Speech Communication Association,
Secretary, 1993, Immediate past Chair/Chair/Vice-Chair Elect,
1994-97.
Editorial Board, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Editorial Board, Journal of Communication
Reviewer, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
Reviewer, Sex Roles
Reviewer, Political Communication
Reviewer, Critical Studies in Mass Communication
Reviewer, Gender & Society
Reviewer, Health Communication
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Reviewer, Journal of Nutrition Education
Member, Committee on the Status of Women, International Communication
Association, 1974-1978.
Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee on Visual Display Sessions, International
Communication Association, 1987-1989.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
International Communication Association
Broadcast Education Association
Speech Communication Association
Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
CONSULTING:
Since 1971 in the fields of content analysis, data analysis, research methodology, computer programming and communication. Clients include U.S. Center for Media Education, Commission on Civil Rights, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; National Coalition on Television Violence, Decatur, Illinois; Human Sexuality Project, KCET-TV Los Angeles; Office for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration.