Ed Adams
- ed_adams@byu.edu
- Telephone
- 801-422-2632
- Personal website
- http://comms.byu.edu/index.php?id=100&act=1&eid=27
- Interests
- Journalism, Newspapers
- Role(s)
- Researcher
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
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Department of Communications
Colleg of Fine Arts and CommunicationsBrigham Young UniversityProvo, UT, United States
Discipline(s)
- Communications
- Journalism
- Media
Biography
Ed Adams received a Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Ohio University (1993), an M.A. in communications from BYU (1991), a B.S. in business administration from the University of Phoenix (1986) and an A.A.S. from Ricks College (1982). He formerly taught at universities in Texas and Ohio. His industry experience includes managing a magazine publishing company in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was named the most-outstanding journalism professor under the age of 40 by AEJMC (1998), and he was named to the first edition of Who's Who in the Media and Communications (1999).
His work primarily focuses on the business and economic history of the media. His articles have appeared in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Journalism History, American Journalism, and Journal of the West .
Publications and Resources
Journal Articles
- Gerald Baldasty, Ed Adams. Syndicated service dependence and a lack of commitment to localism: Scripps newspapers and market subordination. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.