Sue Curry Jansen

Professor

B.A., M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo


Media and Democratic Theory

Sue Curry Jansen focuses on issues of freedom of expression broadly conceived, including relationships of power to knowledge, social conditions and institutional arrangements that promote democratic communication and active citizen participation in policy making. She is the author of two books, Critical Communication Theory (2002) and Censorship: The Knot that Binds Power and Knowledge (1988, 1991); she is co-author of Humanism in Sociology: Historical Roots and Contemporary Problems (1978). She has published many book chapters as well as articles in publications such as the Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Communication Yearbook, Feminist Media Studies, Theory and Society, the International Encyclopedia of Communication, and Censorship: An International Encyclopedia. Her current research interests focus on the communicative constituents of public diplomacy. She teaches Mass Persuasion and Propaganda, Writing for the Media, Race and Representation, and other courses.