Gary A. Copeland

Professor of Telecommunication & Film and Communication Studies

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1982.

Dr. Copeland is primarily known for his research in political advertising and political communication. He has written in several areas such as gender roles, the family’s uses of technology, and the inventional process in rhetorical criticism.

Selected Publications: Negative Political Advertising: Coming of Age.

Manipulation of the American Voter: Modern Political Commercials.

Inside Political Campaigns: Theory and Practice, and Critical Questions.