Jody C. Baumgartner

S. Robert Lichter is professor of communication at George Mason University, where he also directs the centre for Media and Public Affairs and the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS). His most recent books are The Nightly News Nightmare (3rd ed.) and The Global President (with Stephen Farnsworth and Roland Schatz).Jody C Baumgartner is associate professor of political science at East Carolina University. His latest books include Conventional Wisdom and American Elections (with Peter Francia) and Laughing Matters: humour and American Politics in the Media Age (co-edited with Jonathan Morris). Jonathan S. Morris is associate professor of political science at East Carolina University. Morris is co-editor of Laughing Matters: humour and American Politics in the Media Age (with Jody Baumgartner).