Gertrude J. Robinson

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Gertrude Joch Robinson (born 1927) is a Canadian communication scholar. She is emeritus professor at McGill University. [1]

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Life

Gertrude Joch was born in Hamburg on November 15, 1927. Her father Frederick W. Joch was a shipowner, originally from Munich, and her mother Sarah Blaisdell was an American originally from Chicago. The family was bilingual, listened to BBC radio broadcasts, and avoided enrolling the girls in German youth organizations. [2]

Robinson was the first director of the Communications Ph.D. program at McGill University. [1]

Robinson was the second president of the Canadian Communication Association (in 1981–82), and the first editor of the Canadian Journal of Communication . She also served as Chair of the Association for Education in Journalism and as vice-president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). [1]

In honor of Robinson, the Canadian Communication Association establihed an annual Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize in 1999. [3]

Works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Robinson, Gertrude" . Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. Babe, Robert (2000). "The Communication Thought of Gertrude Joch Robinson (b. 1927)". Canadian Communication Thought: Ten Foundational Writers. University of Toronto Press. pp. 207–. doi:10.3138/9781442672154-010.
  3. "Le Prix Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize". Canadian Communication Association. Retrieved 2024-03-02.