Barbara Kaye
Professor
865-974-1118
20 years of full-time collegiate teaching.
Published 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Co-authored three textbooks – one in 4th ed.
Presented 100 peer-reviewed conference papers and panels.
Scholarly works cited just over 7,500 times (Google Scholar. September, 2020).
Most cited article in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly and Atlantic Journal of Communication.
College “Researcher of the Year” Award, 2004, 2019.
Selected to attend the Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy.
Twice named a NATPE fellow.
Taught in Italy (spring 2006 and summer 2012), Austria (summer 2007), and Taiwan (August 2017).
Dr. Kaye research articles have appeared in such journals as Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Social Science Computer Review, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Atlantic Journal of Communication, and Mass Communication & Society. Moreover, two of her papers are recognized in the Top 100 of the most important works ever published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, and one is the top most cited article for the journal.
Education
Ph.D., Florida State University
M.S.B.A., Marketing, San Francisco State University
B.S., Journalism/Advertising, California Polytechnic State University -San Luis Obispo
Research Interests
Users and uses of online political information
Profanity on television
Media Effects