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University of California, San Diego, (Ph.D., 1974)
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Sociologist, researcher, professor
David L. Altheide (born August 9, 1945) is an American sociologist. He taught for thirty-seven years at Arizona State University and is Regents' Professor Emeritus of the School of Justice and Social Inquiry there.[1][2]
While studying toward his doctorate at the University of California, San Diego, Altheide held several teaching positions as well as administrative appointments. In 1968 he became an instructor at Southern Colorado State College (now Colorado State University-Pueblo) and later became a tenured assistant professor in 1970 at Southern Colorado State College, where he also became the Sociology Department's chairman in 1971. In the same year, Altheide was a part-time instructor and a teaching assistant (T.A.) at the following colleges and universities throughout San Diego: San Diego State University, Chapman College, Grossmont College, and UCSD.[citation needed]
In 1974, Altheide began his career at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona as a visiting professor. From 1975 to 1982, he became an associate professor of Sociology; from 1982 to 1983, he served as an associate professor at Arizona State's Center for the Study of Justice. In 1983, Altheide was promoted the position of full professor, and for the next seven years (until 1990), he was a professor in the School of Justice Studies. In 1991, while on the faculty of the School of Justice Studies, Altheide was awarded the title of Regents' Professor, Arizona State University's highest faculty honor. The Regents' Professor title "is conferred on ASU faculty who have made pioneering contributions in their areas of expertise, who have achieved a sustained level of distinction, and who enjoy national and international recognition for these accomplishments."[3]
Altheide's research broadly focuses on qualitative methodology and the media's impact on society. More specifically, on his website, Altheide reflects on his more than 43-year career, defining his expertise as falling within five research areas: Mass Communication, Qualitative Research Methods, Deviant Behavior, Propaganda and Official Information, and Social Control.[4] More recently, Altheide's work has focused on three areas of research. The first explores the relationship between the media and fear. Altheide's second research focus examines the media as a form of social control. And, lastly, Altheide devotes his research to the development of qualitative methodology, specifically Ethnographic Content Analysis (ECA). These three areas of research are defined and analyzed here. One of his main themes of studies is the role fear in politics. Altheide holds the thesis that fear is mediatically and politically manipulated to impose economic policies otherwise would be neglected by citizens.[5][6][7]
↑ Arizona Board of Regents (2010). "Regents' Professors". Arizona State University. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved Nov 14, 2011.
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