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David H. Ostroff , Ph.D.
Professor and Chair - Department of Telecommunication
Ph.D.,
Ohio University
Office: 2081 Weimer
Phone: (352) 392-0463
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Research area
Domestic and international media policy, applications of new media technologies in public and private environments, technology history.
Biography
David Ostroff has served as department chair since 2003, and before that was the graduate coordinator for nine years. The undergraduate courses that he usually teaches include World Communication Systems, and New Media Systems. At the graduate level, he teaches International Communication, and Telecommunication Outlets and Systems. Dr. Ostroff joined the faculty at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, in 1979, and Florida's Telecommunication faculty in 1985 He has lectured at universities in Belgium and The Netherlands. He has conducted extended research in Europe, focusing on European Union media policies towards emerging technologies. He is the author of more than fifty scholarly articles, papers and book chapters and is co-author, with Les Smith and John Wright of Perspectives on Radio and Television, 4th ed., Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 1998, and The Uses of Video in Organizations: An Annotated Bibliography, with Arnall Downs and Pamela Franklin. Dr. Ostroff has a BA and MA from Fresno State, and his professional experience includes full-time positions as an instructional media specialist, and a cable television marketing director.
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