FORA.tv Speaker - John R. Sumser

John Robert Sumser was born in Philadelphia and earned an MA in Philosophy at San Jose University, and an MA and PhD in Sociology at SUNY, Stony Brook, NY. He is a Professor of Communications Studies at California State University, Stanislaus. He is the author of "Mass Communication or Mass Confusion: Meaning in Prime Time Television," for which he received a grant award, and a number of books in the communications field.