Michael Real is a professor at Royal Roads University in Canada. Previously, he was Director of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and prior to that Director of the innovative School of Communication at San Diego State University, where he taught for twenty years. His books include Exploring Media Culture, Super Media, The Olympics as Global Ritual, and Mass-Mediated Culture. He is the editor for UNESCO. His writings on journalism, media events, sports, popular culture, and communication theory have appeared in dozens of scholarly and general publications (Studies in Mass Communication, American Quarterly, Journal of Communications, Media Development, Journalism Quarterly, Journal of Popular culture, TV Quarterly, Quest). He holds a Ph. D. from the University of Illinois and served for nine years on the faculty of the University of California at San Diego. He has directed a variety of local, national, and international research and journalism projects, as well as hosted television and radio programs and teleconferences. The focus of his work is media, culture, and social responsibility. He is a member of the ICA, the IAMCR, and other professional organizations.
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Our Media, Ourselves Identity, Culture, and the Experience of Super Media Cultural Studies as Metadiscipline Interpreting Presidential Assassinations Empirical Analysis The Academy Awards Structuralist Analysis 1 Bill Cosby and Recoding Ethnicity Structuralist Analysis 2 Gender in Movie Directing Critical Analysis 1 The Cold War in Film and Television or Take That, You Dirty Commie! Critical Analysis 2 Media Bias and Olympic Boycotts Ritual Analysis The Olympic Global Event Conclusions Super Media - The Clouded Mirror