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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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| Assistant Professor Bradley Freeman |
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Assistant Professor |
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Division of Broadcast & Cinema Studies
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information |
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Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718 |
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Office: Room 02-07, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6790 6043 |
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Fax: (65) 6791 5214 |
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| Qualifications |
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PhD, MA (Syracuse University) |
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BA (University of Pittsburgh) |
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| Research, Teaching and Professional Experience |
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Dr. Freeman joined NTU in 2006. He worked at various media institutions in USA, Canada, & Germany. He has taught courses in the areas of radio/audio production, communication in society, media history, and entertainment industry economics. |
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Currently his teaching focuses on radio/audio production, and the recorded music industry. Before NTU, he taught at Marist College and The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, USA. Prior to academia, he worked as General Manager for radio station WXVX in Pittsburgh, PA and as Production Director at Clear Channel's WWHT in Syracuse, NY. He has been an on-air presenter at numerous radio stations throughout the United States. He ran his own independent record label for several years and managed the early musical career of jam band Rusted Root. He also was a television research associate with the ARS Group in Evansville, Indiana. His research interests include community and campus radio, popular culture, political communication, media credibility, and sound design. He is a strong advocate for students studying abroad during their academic career. |
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He has contributed articles and conference papers on a wide variety of topics, and has been a source for numerous media stories throughout the United States. He appeared several times on New York City's Fox 5 "Good Day New York" program, speaking on new media technologies and radio. He has supervised research projects on religion in the media, Asian-American representation, and political internet blogs. He has served as Editorial Assistant for the research publication Communication Research. |
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| Areas of Specialisation |
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Sound Design |
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Radio, in all its forms and functions |
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Popular Culture and Mass Communications |
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Political Communication |
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| Publications |
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Faculty at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information publish and present their work in many areas
of communication and information studies. The publications
and presentations range from communication law and policy,
media effects, public relations, organisational communication
and culture, advertising, gender studies to information
technology and knowledge management.
Refereed Conference Papers and Panels, Publications
2008: International Seminar on Communication and Media (i'come '08). Universiti Utara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 14-16. All things being equal: Assessing ASEAN identity in the region's print media.
2008: The 8th ASEAN Inter-University Conference On Social Development. Manila, Philippines, May 28-31. Through a western lens: Coverage of Asean and its member countries in the US elite press.
2008: Popular Culture Association (PCA), Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, March 19-22. Taxi driver radio FM 92.75 and the politics of Thai community radio (radio division).
2007: 1st International Conference. Living the Information Society: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on People, Work and Communities in Asia. Renaissance Hotel, Makati City, April 23-24. Living offline: An analysis of Singapore's neo-luddites, drop-outs, laggards, and technophobes.
2007: Popular Culture Association (PCA), Annual Convention, Boston, MA. Finding the Singapore Sound: A Descriptive Analysis of the State of Singapore Radio (radio division). And There are Asians Among Us: Race Representation in Battlestar Galactica (sci fi division).
2006: Popular Culture Association (PCA), Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. Wearing the right T-shirt: Effects of consolidation on employee identification in a multiple radio station environment (qualitative research investigating practical impact of the 1996 Telecomm Bill on one station cluster).
2005: 11th Presidential Conference, William J. Clinton: The "New Democrat" from Hope, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Differential Treatment? Early media coverage of William J. Clinton and George W. Bush. Panel: Considering the Press. Panel included former Clinton staffers and others -- aired on C-Span television.
2004: New York State Communication Association (NYSCA), Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, NY. Taking liberties: Separating fact from fiction and the effect of movies on viewer's beliefs (examined 60 Minutes and The Insider).
2004: Eastern Communication Association (ECA), Annual Conference, Boston, MA. Panel participant: Teaching political communication.
2003: New York State Communication Association (NYSCA), Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, NY. I'm not a journalist, but I play one in the movies: Effects of reporters' credibility following appearances in film (examined CNN and Contact).
2003: Popular Culture Association (PCA), Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. FDR's fireside chats: Rethinking the importance of radio's role in a political myth.
2002: Popular Culture Association (PCA), Annual Convention, Toronto Canada. Radio & Democracy, Panel accepted. Paper title: Engineering popularity: How record labels and the radio industry conspire to limit what we can hear.
2001: Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA), Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA.
Paper title: Everyone Loves a Winner: Rallying Effects of Election Victories for President Clinton's Portrayals in the Press. This paper was accepted and published in the peer-reviewed White House Studies journal (Fall, 2002 issue). Awarded Graduate Student Organization (GSO) grant to present paper at conference.
2001: Eastern Communication Association (ECA), Annual Convention, Portland ME. Paper title: Meet the agenda-setter: The relationship between Sunday morning political television programs and the print media.
2001: Popular Culture Association (PCA), Annual Convention, Philadelphia PA. Paper title: Net impact: Internet usage effects on traditional radio listening and the diffusion of webcasting technology.
2000: National Communication Association (NCA), Summer Conference, Washington, DC. Paper title: We were never married: Press portrayals of President Clinton during the honeymoon and lame-duck time periods.
Other Paper Titles
Saturday morning live: Agenda-setting aspects of the presidential weekly radio address.
Star Trek Voyager: Gender and race issues of UPN's most popular show.
Chain impact: Effects of multiple ownership on newspaper operations and content.
Research and rules from the blue book to the v-chip: Effects on children's TV policy & programming.
War of the words: Radio broadcasting during wartime.
Gavel to gavel: An analysis of the media's impact on the right to a fair trial.
Net Impact: Effects of Internet on traditional media use in Central New York communities.
There are Asians among us: Race representation in Battlestar Galactica.
Finding the Singapore Sound: An overview of the Singapore radio market.
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