John Jirik Author

John Jirik, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Journalism & Communication and a member of the Globalization & Social Change Initiative at Lehigh University. His work focuses on the way power operates in and through media. Prior to joining the academy, Jirik was a television news producer at Reuters, with extensive international experience in the former Soviet Union, Greater China and South-East Asia. Joseph Straubhaar, Ph.D., is the Amon G. Carter, Sr. Centennial Professor of Communication in the Radio-TV-Film Department and a former Director of Brazilian Studies in the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas. His work focuses on the political economy and cultural geography of television and new media, form global to local. Prior to joining the academy, Straubhaar was a U.S. Foreign Service officer with extensive international experience in Latin America, particularly Brazil. Shanti Kumar is Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas, Austin. His work focuses on the globalization of television and film industries and cultures in India. Prior to joining the academy, Kumar worked as a journalist and a multimedia designer and scriptwriter in India.