Ted M. Coopman (M.S. San Jose State, 1995; Ph.D. Department of Communication, University of Washington, (defense scheduled for May 2008) has a background in Mass Communication with a focus on law and policy. His research on free radio, media-based social movements, and the use of technology by activists is informed by his own experiences as a long-time media movement participant.

His research has been published in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, the Journal of Radio Studies, the American Communication Journal, 2nd Internet Research Annual, and Political Communication as well as in the edited volumes “Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience, and the Global Justice Movement” (Greenwood), and “Communication Activism, Vol. 2” (Hampton Press). He is currently working with S.J. Coopman  on  Small Group Communication: A Practical Guide for the 21st Century (McGraw-Hill). His current research focus is developing theory on new media based emergent, self-organizing resistance networks.

Ted is a Fellow of the Institute on the Public Humanities, Simpson Center, University of Washington. His research has earned the Article of the Year Award for the American Communication Journal, and top student paper awards from the Association of Internet Researchers, the Mass Communication and Group Divisions of the National Communication Association and co-authored a top paper in the Communication Theory Interest Group, Western States Communication Association.

The UW Communication Graduate Student Association, the American Communication Association, Humboldt State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the American College Theater Festival have awarded Ted’s service. He was elected to the Board of the UW Communication Graduate Student Association (2004-2005) and in as the Graduate Student Representative to the Executive Committee of the Association of Internet Researchers (2005-2007).

Ted is currently a lecturer in Communication Studies and Television, Radio, Film, and Theatre at San Jose State University. He teaching experience includes Internet Communication, Basic Concepts in New Media, New Media and Virtual Communities, Navigating Information Network for Mass Media, Media Theory and Research, Qualitative Research Methods, Small Group Communication, Interviewing, and Critical Decision Making.

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