Robert
Fortner, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
From: United States
At LCC Since: 2021
Key Areas
- Ethics of the use of social media to distribute information about the coronavirus
- Philosophy of Digital Technology (beyond Heidegger)
- National Mythology, Political Discourse and Insurrection.
Bio
Author or editor of thirteen books in communication and over 100 conference papers, journal articles, and book chapters. I have taught in several universities in and out of the United States, including the American University in Bulgaria, The George Washington University, Northwestern University, and Calvin University. I have conducted field research collaborating with local non-profit organizations, in over forty countries and am currently finalizing two research projects in French West Africa. I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, with my wife of over 50 years.
Publications
Bias, misinformation: Manifest message of bias in dominant Russian state news.
LCC author(s): Michael Ray Smith, Ph.D. Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
Teaching journalism & mass communication, 12(1), p. 4-6., 2022.
Ethics in the Digital Domain
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
World Media Ethics: Cases & Commentary
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
Other author(s): P. Mark Fackler
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2018.
“The Origins of Media Theory: An Alternative View.” International Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory.
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
Robert S. Fortner & Mark Fackler, Eds. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 22-36.., 2014.
“Journalism Ethics in the Moral Infrastructure of a Global Civil Society.” Handbook of Global Media and Communication Ethics
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
Other author(s): Mark Fackler
Eds. Wiley-Blackwell. Vol. 1, 481-500, 2011.
Communication, Media & Identity: A Christian Theory of Communication.
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.
Markers of Evil: The Identification and Prevention of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing.
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. 1. No. 2 (2006). 149-157., 2006.
“Excommunication in an Information Age.”
LCC author(s): Robert Fortner, Ph.D.
Critical Studies in Mass Communication. 12:2 (1995). 133-154., 1995.
From: United States
At LCC Since: 2021