Paul Grosswiler
Professor
443 Dunn Hall
Phone: (207) 581-1287
Fax: (207) 581-1286
E-mail: paul_grosswiler@umit.maine.edu
Professional Experience:
2008-2014 Chair
Department of Communication and Journalism
University of Maine.
2006-present Fulbright Senior Specialist
I was selected as a Fulbright specialist in journalism and communication eligible for short-term projects at international universities upon request.
1997-present Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication with tenure
Department of Communication and Journalism
University of Maine
I teach undergraduate History of Mass Communication, International Mass Communication and Media Ethics. I have taught graduate Media History, Media Ecology and Media Cultures and Expression. I also regularly teach in the Honors College, including a course on Taoism and tai chi.
Spring 2000 Fulbright Senior Scholar in Communication and Journalism
Department of Journalism, School of Mass Communication
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
I taught graduate courses in Media Ethics and Critical Studies in Mass Communication, visited four other universities in China for invited professional presentations, and conducted a University of Maine summer research grant project centering on media ethics in China.
Spring 1999 Visiting Professor
School of Journalism Graduate Studies Program
University of Missouri, Columbia
I taught a seminar on the works of Marshall McLuhan, and advised graduate research during sabbatical leave.
1991-1997 Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
Department of Communication and Journalism
University of Maine
I regularly taught History of Mass Communication, International Mass Communication, Alternative News Media, Editorial and Opinion Writing, Public Affairs Reporting, News Reporting and Writing, and Copy Editing.
1989-1991 Assistant Professor
Department of Speech and Mass Communication
Towson State University, Towson, Maryland
I taught Introduction to Journalism and Newswriting.
1987-1989 Assistant Professor
Department of Television and Radio
School of Communication
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
I developed courses in News Reporting and Writing, Public Affairs Reporting, and Newspaper Editing. I also taught Media Writing, Introduction to Mass Communication, and a peace studies course, Introduction to Global Issues in Mass Communication.
1985-1987 Assistant Instructor and Assistant News Editor
School of Journalism
University of Missouri-Columbia
I taught classroom sections of News Editing and Copy Editing for undergraduate and graduate students. I also supervised editing and layout students working on the copy desk of the Columbia Missourian, a 7,500-circulation daily newspaper.
1983-1985 Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism and Broadcasting
University of Maine, Orono, Maine
I taught Newspaper Lab, an advanced reporting and production class, Copy Editing, the introductory reporting and public affairs reporting courses, and advised the student newspaper, The Maine Campus.
1982-1983 Editor
Maine Event
A weekend arts and media supplement to the Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine.
I was the principal writer and layout designer for section of arts reviews, media commentary and media schedules.
1979-1982 Copy Editor
Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine
I edited local and news service copy, wrote headlines and laid out Page One and inside news pages for the 80,000-circulation morning daily newspaper.
1976-1979 Reporter
Southeast Missourian
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
I covered police and general assignment news for the 20,000-circulation afternoon daily newspaper.
Education:
1985-1990 Ph.D., Journalism
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1990
My dissertation is titled The shifting sensorium: A Q-methodology and critical theory exploration of Marshall McLuhan’s visual and acoustic typologies in media, aesthetics and ideology.
1975-1976 M.A., Journalism
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1976
I completed a professional graduate degree project in state government reporting in the Jefferson City, Missouri, program.
1971-1974 B.A., Creative Writing and Humanities
Baltimore-Washington Campus
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1974
Publications: (* = refereed; + = invited)
Books:
*Grosswiler, P., ed. (2010). Transforming McLuhan: Critical, cultural and postmodern perspectives. (New York: Peter Lang).
*Grosswiler, P. (1998). The method is the message: Rethinking McLuhan through critical theory. (Montréal: Black Rose Books.)
Articles and Chapters:
*Grosswiler, P. (2010). Introduction. In Grosswiler, P., ed., Transforming McLuhan: Critical, cultural and postmodern perspectives. (New York: Peter Lang.)
*Grosswiler, P. (2010) McLuhan, media ecology, and Marxisms past and present. In Grosswiler, P., ed., Transforming McLuhan: Critical, cultural and postmodern perspectives. (New York: Peter Lang.)
+Grosswiler, P. (2009). Continuing media controversies. In de Beer, A., and Merrill, J. (Eds.) Global journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems. 5th Ed. (Boston: Allyn & Bacon).
*Grosswiler, P. (2006). The transformation of Carey on McLuhan: Admiration, rejection, and redemption. Explorations in Media Ecology, 5 (2) [special issue on James W. Carey]: 137-148.
*Grosswiler, P. (2006). Mapping the full spectrum of values: A Q study of Chinese journalism ethics. Journal of Human Subjectivity 4 (1): 5-32.
*Grosswiler, P. (2005) Instant steal: The media ecology of plagiarism. Exlorations in Media Ecology 4 (3-4): 305-314.
+Grosswiler, P. (2005) Tao of media ecology: An intercultural communication theory. In Shan, B. and Shi, Y., eds., New thoughts on intercultural communication. (Wuhan, China: Wuhan University Press,) pp. 31-37. (In Chinese.)
*Grosswiler, P. (2005) Subjectivity or the death of the subject: Q theory vs. postmodern theory. Journal of Human Subjectivity 3 (1): 39-58.
*Grosswiler, P. (2005). Jurgen Habermas: Media ecologist? Media Ecology Association 2001 Proceedings.
+*Grosswiler, P. (2005). Retrieving McLuhan for cultural studies and postmodernism. In Strate, Lance, and Wachtel, Edward, eds., Legacy of McLuhan. (Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press,) pp. 245-258.
+*Grosswiler, P. (2004). Dispelling the alphabet effect. Canadian Journal of Communication 29 (2): 145-158.
*Grosswiler, P. (2004). Neural network analysis as an alternative to factor analysis in the mapping of intersubjectivity in Q-methodology communication research. Journal of Human Subjectivity 2 (1): 109-134.
+Grosswiler, P. (2004). Continuing media controversies. In de Beer, A., and Merrill, J. (Eds.) Global journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems. 4th Ed. (Boston: Allyn & Bacon,) pp. 112-127.
+Grosswiler, P. (2004). The dialectical methods of Marshall McLuhan, Marxism, and critical theory. In Genosko, Gary, ed. Marshall McLuhan major work: Critical evaluations in cultural theory. London: Routledge. Originally published in Canadian Journal of Communication, 21(1) 1996: 95-124.
*+Grosswiler, P. (2002) Cultural studies. In Schement, J. R. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. (New York: Macmillan,) pp. 199-206.
*+Grosswiler, P. (2002) Harold Innis. In Schement, J. R. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. (New York: Macmillan,) pp. 437-439.
*+Grosswiler, P. (2002) Marshall McLuhan. In Schement, J. R. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. (New York: Macmillan,) pp. 593-595.
+*Grosswiler, P. (2000). The hated and the cherished: Technology and print culture concepts of free speech. The Maine Scholar, 13: 139-160.
*Grosswiler, P. (2000). Anarchy in a technological society: An Ellulian perspective. New Dimensions in Communication, 13: 29-45.
*Grosswiler, P. (1999). Cross-breeding media ecology and social ecology for social change. New Dimensions in Communication, 12: 45-61.
*Grosswiler, P. (1998). Historical hopes, media fears and the electronic town meeting concept: Where technology meets democracy or demagogy. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 22 (2): 133-151.
*Grosswiler, P. (1997). Symbolic labeling, the media, and foreign policy: Images of Cuba and Vietnam in the Post-Cold War era. Journal of International Communication, 4 (1): 11-29.
*Dooley, P. and Grosswiler, P. (1997). “Turf wars”: Journalists, new media and the struggle for control of political news. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 2 (3): 31-51.
*Grosswiler, P. (1997). A Q-methodology study of media and ideology orientations: Exploring medium theory, critical theory and cultural studies. Canadian Journal of Communication, 22 (2): 261-287.
*Grosswiler, P. (1997). The impact of media and images on foreign policy: Elite U.S. newspaper editorial coverage of surviving communist countries in the post-cold war era. In Malek, A. (Ed.) News media and foreign relations: A multifaceted perspective. (Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex), 195-210.
*Grosswiler, P. (1997). Changing perceptions of press freedom in Tanzania. In Eribo, F. and Jong-Ebot, W. (Eds.) Press freedom and communication in Africa. (Lawrenceville, New Jersey: Africa World Press), 101-119.
*Grosswiler, P. (1996). The electric town meeting concept: Framing in the 1992 election campaign. Mass Comm Review, 23 (1-4): 65-76.
*Grosswiler, P. (1996). A Q-methodology study of media worker attitudes toward changing roles of the media in Tanzania. Ecquid Novi: Journal for Journalism in Southern Africa, 17 (1): 88-105.
*Grosswiler, P. (1996). The dialectical methods of Marshall McLuhan, Marxism, and critical theory. Canadian Journal of Communication, 21(1): 95-124.
+Grosswiler, P. (1995). Continuing media controversies. In Merrill, J. (Ed.) Global journalism: Survey of international communication. 3rd Ed. (White Plains, New York: Longman Publishers), 103-120.
*Grosswiler, P. (1994). The convergence of William Stephenson’s and Marshall McLuhan’s communication theories. Operant Subjectivity: Journal of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, 17 (3/4): 2-16.
*Grosswiler, P. (1992). Some methodological considerations on the use of multimedia Q-sample items. Operant Subjectivity: Journal of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, 15 (3): 65-80.
Professional presentations: (*=refereed; +=invited):
*Grosswiler, P. (2008, June). The blogos-fear: A case study of the sacred and profane. Paper presented to the Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Santa Clara, Ca.
*Grosswiler, P. (2008, June). William Stephenson, media ecologist: Applying Q-methodology to media ecology. Paper presented to the Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Santa Clara, Ca
+*Grosswiler, P. (2007, June). Media ecology research methods from dialectics to Q. Paper presented to the Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Mexico City, Mexico.
*Grosswiler, P. (2006, November). Freedom to explore Eastern thought in honors. Panel presentation to the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.
*Grosswiler, P. (2006, November). Seeking freedom from stress with tai chi. Presentation to the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.
*Grosswiler, P. (2006, June). Media ecology in world history narratives: From the “shrunken world” to the “global web.” Paper presented to the Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Boston College, Boston, Mass.
*Grosswiler, P. and Ji, L. (2006, June). McLuhan’s reception in China. Presented to the Canadian Communication Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*Grosswiler, P. (2005, November). Reading Trollope as a plea for typographic time. Presented to the National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA.
*Grosswiler, P. (2005, November).Marshall McLuhan and Marxism. Presented to the Preconference Program on Marxism in Communication Studies at the National Communication Association Convention, Boston, MA.
*Grosswiler, P. (2005, October) Faculty gateways to honors. Presented to the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, St. Louis, MO.
*Grosswiler, P. and Ji, L.(2005, June). Media ecology (McLuhan) in China. Presented to the Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Fordham University, New York, N.Y.
*Grosswiler, P. (2004, October). The dialectic of Eastern thought in media ecology. Presented to the New York State Communication Association Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, N.Y.
*Grosswiler, P. (2004, June). Tao of media ecology. Presented to the Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y.
+Grosswiler, P. (2004, June). Tao of media ecology: An intercultural communication theory. Presented to the International Conference on Intercultural Communication. School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.
*Grosswiler, P. (2003, October). The media ecology of plagiarism. Presented to the New York State Communication Association Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, N.Y.
*Grosswiler, P. (2003, June). Understanding media anti-environments. Presented to the Media Ecology Association 4th Annual Convention, Hofstra University, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (2003, June). Dispelling the Alphabet Effect. Presented to the Canadian Communication Association Annual Convention, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
+Grosswiler, P. (2002, April). The Six C’s: Global media obstacles to building community. Presented to the Eastern Communication Association Annual Convention, New York, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (2002, April) Our top stories today: Symbolic annihilation and global news providers. Presented to the Eastern Communication Association Annual Convention, New York, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (2001, November). Resisting power in technological culture. Presented to the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
*Grosswiler, P. (2001, September). The black period, the Morse Millennium and the new Phoenicians. Presented to the New York State Communication Association Annual Convention, Monticello, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (2001, June) Culture, technology, history: Some thoughts from China. Presented to the Canadian Communication Association Annual Convention, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
*Grosswiler, P. (2001, June). Jurgen Habermas, media ecologist? Presented to the Media Ecology Association 2nd Annual Convention, New York, New York.
+Grosswiler, P. (2001, April). Contradictions of media ecology in China. A paper presented to the Eastern Communication Association, Portland, Maine.
+Grosswiler, P. (2000, September). Impressions of transmission and ritual communication in China. A paper presented to the New York State Communication Association’s 58th annual convention, Monticello, New York.
+Grosswiler, P. (2000, June). Media ethics in cultural context. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Department of Journalism, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
+Grosswiler, P. (2000, June). Global media issues. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Department of Journalism, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
+ Grosswiler, P. (2000, May). Culture and technology. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Lingnan Business College, Zhangshan University, Guangzhou, China.
+ Grosswiler, P. (2000, May). Global media issues. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Lingnan Business College, Zhangshan University, Guangzhou, China.
+ Grosswiler, P. (2000, May). Culture and technology: Media cultures and free expression. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.
+ Grosswiler, P. (2000, May). Global media issues: The telegraph to the Internet. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.
+ Grosswiler, P. (2000, May). Culture and technology: Media cultures and free expression. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Journalism Department, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
+ Grosswiler, P. (2000, May). Global media issues: Technology against technology. Visiting Fulbright Scholar presentation to the students and faculty, Journalism Department, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
*Grosswiler, P. (1999, October). Anarchy in a technological society: An Ellulian perspective. A paper presented to the New York State Communication Association’s 57th annual convention, Monticello, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (1999, October). The activist roots of media ecology: Mumford, Innis, and Ellul. A paper presented to the New York State Communication Association’s 57th annual convention, Monticello, New York.
+Grosswiler, P. (1999, August). From Ross Perot to Matt Drudge: Media framing of new technology, democracy, and journalism in the new media age. Presentation to a panel titled Crafting Media Credibility: Journalism’s Role in Media Credibility Challenges of the New Media in the 1990s, Mass Communication and Society Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
*Grosswiler, P. (1999, June). McLuhan and diversity in electronic media culture. A paper presented to the Canadian Communication Association, Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
*+Grosswiler, P. (1998, October).The Marriage of McLuhan and Marx: Hold the wedding, or the odd couple? A paper presented to the Many Dimensions: Extensions of Marshall McLuhan conference. McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*+Grosswiler, P. (1998, October). Cross-breeding media ecology and social ecology for social change. A paper presented to the New York State Communication Association’s 56th annual convention, Monticello, New York.
*+Grosswiler, P. (1998, October). Connecting medium theory and world-systems theory: Marshall McLuhan meets Immanuel Wallerstein. A paper presented to the New York State Communication Association’s 56th annual convention, Monticello, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (1998, June). McLuhan, Habermas, and the mediated shape of the public sphere. A paper presented to the Canadian Communication Association, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
*Grosswiler, P. (1998, April). The modernist concept of free speech in a postmodern world. A panel presentation to the New Media, Free Speech: Challenges for the Future Conference, sponsored by the Mass Communication and Society Division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
*+Grosswiler, P. (1998, March). Reclaiming McLuhan for cultural studies and postmodernism. A paper presented to The Legacy of McLuhan: A Symposium, Fordham University, New York, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (1997, October). Subjectivity or the death of the subject: Q theory vs. postmodern theory. A paper presented to the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity annual conference, Syracuse University, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (1996, October). Neural network analysis as an alternative to factor analysis in mapping intersubjectivity in Q-methodology communication research. A paper presented to the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity annual conference, Columbia, Missouri.
*Grosswiler, P. (1996, May). Symbolic labeling of Cuba and Vietnam in selected U.S. newspaper editorials, 1991-1994. A paper presented to the International/ Intercultural/ Development Communication Division of the International Communication Association national convention, Chicago, Illinois.
*Grosswiler, P. (1995, November). A Q-method study of electronic media culture and modes of consciousness: Orality, literacy and secondary orality. A paper presented to the Mass Communication Division, Speech Communication Association national convention, San Antonio, Texas.
Grosswiler, P. (1995, October). Symbolic labeling, the media and foreign policy: Images of surviving communist countries in the post-Cold War era. Poster presentation to the Peace Studies Research Symposium. University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
*Dooley, P. and Grosswiler, P. (1995, August). “Turf Wars”: Journalists’ claims to political communication jurisdiction in the new media era. A paper presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention, Washington, D.C.
*Grosswiler P. (1995, May). Selected media framing of the electronic town meeting concept during the 1992 presidential campaign. A paper presented to the Political Communication Division, International Communication Association national convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
*Grosswiler, P. (1995, April). Elite U.S. newspaper editorial coverage of U.S. Cuba policy, 1991-1994: A case study of the media, foreign policy, and surviving communist countries in the post-Cold War era. A paper presented to the Media, Government and Public Policy Conference, sponsored by the Mass Communication and Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Syracuse University, New York.
*Grosswiler, P. (1994, August). A Q-study of media and ideology orientations: Exploring medium theory, critical theory and cultural studies. A paper presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
*Grosswiler, P. (1993, October). Challenging third world media theory through subjectivity: A Q-study of Tanzanian media worker perceptions. A paper presented to the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity annual conference, Columbia, Missouri.
*Grosswiler, P. (1993, August). Emergence of a private press in socialist Tanzania: A study of media worker perceptions. A paper presented to the International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention, Kansas City, Missouri.
Grosswiler, P. (1993, June). Constructing socialism in Tanzanian media: A study of media worker perceptions. A paper presented to the Fifth Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers, Havana, Cuba.
Grosswiler, P. (1992, October). The convergence of William Stephenson’s and Marshall McLuhan’s communication theories. A paper presented to the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity annual conference, Columbia, Missouri.
Grosswiler, P. (1991, October). Use of multimedia stimulus items in Q-methodology. A paper presented to the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity annual conference, Columbia, Missouri.
*Grosswiler, P. (1991, May). A synthesis of the dialectical methods of Marshall McLuhan and critical theory. A paper presented to the Philosophy of Communication Division, International Communication Association national convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Grosswiler, P. (1990, October). A Q-methodology study of “visual” and “acoustic” preferences in news media, aesthetics and ideology. A paper presented to the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity annual conference, Columbia, Missouri.
Grosswiler, P. (1990, March). Marshall McLuhan’s “visual” and “acoustic” preferences in popular culture aesthetics. A paper presented to the Psychological Aspects of Popular Culture Division at the Popular Culture Association annual convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.