Faculty Detail

Lisa M. Weidman

Associate Professor & Department Chair

Education:

Ph.D., Mass Communications, Syracuse University M.S., Media Administration, Syracuse University B.A., English/Writing Sequence, University of California at Davis

Academic Interests:

• Popular communication (including sports media, tabloid newspapers, magazines, social media and alternative media for adolescents)


• Influences on media content (media sociology)


• Agenda setting theory


• Diffusion of Innovations theory


• Cultural studies

Publications:

Weidman, L. M. (2016). Attributes of a cultural/consumer product: Oregon wine. Chapter in L. Guo & M. McCombs (Eds.), The Power of Information Networks: New Directions for Agenda Setting. New York: Routledge.

Beachboard, M. R., & Weidman, L. M. (2013). Client-Centered Skill Sets: What Small IMC Agencies Need from College Graduates. Journal of Advertising Education, 17(2), 28-38.

Sumner, D. T., & Weidman, L. M. (2013). Eco-terrorism or Eco-tage: An Argument for the Proper Frame. Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 20(4), 1–22.

Weidman, L. M. (2010). Homophobia, Heterosexism, and Ambivalence in the Premier Issue of Sports Illustrated Women|Sport. In L.K. Fuller (Ed.), Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Global and Universal Contexts (pp. 147-158). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Scharrer, E., Weidman, L. M., & Bissell, K. (2003). Pointing the Finger of Blame: News Media Coverage of Popular-Culture Culpability. Journalism & Communication Monographs, 5(2), 48-98.

Beal, B., & Weidman, L. M. (2003). The Authentic Skateboarder Identity. In R. Rinehart & S. Sydnor (Eds.), To the Extreme: Alternative Sports Inside and Out (pp. 337-352). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Weidman, L. M. (2001). Tales from the Testosterone Zone. In E. L. Toth & L. Aldoory (Eds.),The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field (pp. 61-103). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Courses at Linfield

• Principles of Public Relations
• Principles of Advertising
• Public Relations Writing
• Media Theory and Criticism
• Social Media Theory and Practice
• Introduction to Media Writing
• Career Preparation
• Senior Capstone