ONEONTA, N.Y. --
Dr.
Gayane Torosyan, an assistant professor in the
Communication Arts
Department at the SUNY College at Oneonta, has been awarded a research
grant from the National Association of Broadcasters for her project entitled
"Earwitness Testimony: Applying Listener Perspectives to Developing a
Working Concept of Localism in Broadcast Radio." The grant is one of only
eight awarded by the association nationwide through its annual "Grants for
Research in Broadcasting" program.
The grants program is designed to stimulate interest in broadcast
research, with a special focus on economic, social, or policy issues of
importance to the commercial broadcast industry. The program's goal is
to make high-quality academic research on broadcast issues available to
industry practitioners and academic scholars. Proposals are evaluated by
an independent panel of academic and industry research professionals and
by representatives of the National Association of Broadcasters.
Dr. Torosyan, who joined the SUNY-Oneonta faculty in 2005, holds a
doctorate in mass communications and a master's degree in journalism
from the University of Iowa, as well as a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Yerevan State University in Armenia. Before joining the
College, she produced and hosted an award-winning news magazine on Iowa
Public Radio. At SUNY-Oneonta, she teaches courses in reporting,
research methods in mass media, and writing for radio, television and
film.
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that
advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free local radio and television
stations and broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal
Communications Commission, and the courts. Through its grants program,
first initiated in 1967, the association has awarded more than 300
research grants amounting to nearly $1 million in support of academic
studies.
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