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Sydney L. Forde
PhD Candidate in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
The Pennsylvania State University
Education
PhD The Pennsylvania State University
2020 - 2024
(anticipated)
Mass Communications
Advisor: Matthew P. McAllister
Committee: Christopher Ali; Krishna Jayakar; Matthew Jordan
MA University at Buffalo | Brock University
2018 - 2019
Canadian - American Studies
MRP: Diverging Media: US and Canadian Public and Private Media Representations of Immigrants and Refugees
BA Brock University
First Class Standing
2014-2018
Business Communications
Honours Thesis: Right Over Reason: Unnatural Voting in the Age of Populism
L-R: Dr. Matthew F. Jordan; Dr. Christopher Ali; Sydney L. Forde; Dr. Matthew P. McAllister; Dr. Krishna Jayakar
Research Interests
Political Economy of Media Industries
Critical Media Policy & Democratic Theory
Journalism and
Public Media
"The power of the market trumps the magic of the technology"
- Robert McChesney
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