Tawnya J. Adkins Covert is associate professor of sociology at Western Illinois University. She holds a PhD and MS in Sociology from Purdue University and BA in sociology from Marshall University. Her research has been published in journals such as Mass Communication and Society, The Sociological Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, and Journal of Consumer Culture.
Philo C. Wasburn is professor of sociology at Purdue University. He holds a PhD in sociology from Cornell University, and an MA and BA in philosophy from the University of Michigan. He is the author of Political Sociology: Approaches, Concepts, Hypotheses; Broadcasting Propaganda: International Radio Broadcasting and the Construction of Political Reality; and The Social Construction of International News.
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