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Lynda Lee Kaid , Ph.D.
Professor - Department of Telecommunication
Ph.D.,
Southern Illinois University, 1974
M.S.,
Southern Illinois University, 1972
B.A.,
Southern Illinois University, 1970
Office: 2020 Weimer
Phone: (352) 392-7922
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About Lynda Lee Kaid
Research area
Political communication, political advertising, mass media theory and effects, international communication, and new technologies.
Biography
Lynda Lee Kaid is a Professor of Telecommunication. She received her Ph.D. degree in 1974 from Southern Illinois University. She previously served as the Director of the Political Communication Center and supervised the Political Commercial Archive at the University of Oklahoma. Her research specialties include political advertising and news coverage of political events. A Fulbright Scholar, she has also done work on political television in several Western European countries. She is the author/editor of over 20 books, including the Handbook of Political Communication Research, The Millennium Election, Videostyle in Presidential Campaigns, The Electronic Election, Civic Dialogue in the 1996 Campaign, New Perspectives on Political Advertising, Mediated Politics in Two Cultures, Political Advertising in Western Democracies, and Political Campaign Communication: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. She has also written over 100 journal articles and book chapters and over 100 convention papers on various aspects of political communication. She has received over $1.7 million in external grant funds for her research efforts, including support from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, U. S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Kaid is a former chair of the Political Communication Divisions of the International Communication Association and the National Communication Association and has also served in leadership roles the American Political Science Association and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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