Category Archives: Stephen Farnsworth

Stephen Farnsworth Featured on CTV News Channel

ctv news Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was a featured guest on CTV News on Monday, May 14.

In the segment, available online at http://watch.ctv.ca/news/#clip678653, Farnsworth discusses the implications of Newsweek’s recent cover with the headline “The First Gay President.”

 

Stephen Farnsworth’s Study Featured in National Media

NY Times Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth’s study “News Coverage of New Presidents in The New York Times, 1981-2009″ is referenced in several news articles, including in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Statistics and information from the study, co-authored by Farnsworth and George Mason University’s S. Robert Lichter, appear in the Sunday, April 22 article “A Hard Look at the President” in the New York Times and in the Monday, April 23 article “The 2012 Dogfight” in the Wall Street Journal.

 

Research Paper: European News Coverage of US Presidential Campaigns

MPSA Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, presented a co-authored paper entitled “The 2008 US Presidential Nomination Campaign on German and UK Television: Policy, Horserace and Character Coverage from Across the Atlantic”  at the April annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago.

Research Article: Scientific Opinion on Climate Change

IJPOR Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a refereed research article entitled, “The Structure of Scientific Opinion on Climate Change,” published in the Spring 2012 issue of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

Research Article: News Coverage of New Presidents in the NY Times

Politics & PolicyStephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a refereed research article entitled,  “News Coverage of New Presidents in the New York Times, 1981-2009,”  published in the February 2012 issue of Politics & Policy.

Washington Post column: Virginia should have the first presidential primary

Washington PostStephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Media and Leadership Studies, published an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday, March 2. The piece, “Virginia Belongs at the Top of the Presidential-Election Calendar,” argues that Virginia should be more integral to the presidential nomination process, since the Commonwealth more closely resembles a microcosm of the U.S.

On Monday, March 5, Farnsworth was quoted in the Associated Press article “Limbaugh Controversy Casts a Fresh Light on Conservative Media Stars’ Impact on GOP Politics.”

In the article “Romney’s Virginia Faceoff with Paul not Overwhelming” in the Tuesday, March 6 edition of The Washington Times, Farnsworth discusses Virginia’s “Super Tuesday” race.