W. Russell Neuman is the John Derby Evans Professor of Media Technology at the University of Michigan.[1] Neuman received a Ph.D. And M.A. At the University of California, Berkeley Department of Sociology as well as a B.A. from Cornell University's Department of Government. He has an extensive teaching and research career at Yale University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan. Neuman has published numerous articles on the topic of Telecommunications, Digital Media and politics, exploring the connections and effects they have on one another. Among his publications is an early review about the internet, "Social implications of the internet." [2] He is also a whisky connoisseur with a respectable collection of rare whiskies.
Neuman is an editorial board member for the journals Political Communication[3] and the Journal of Communication.[4]
The Gordian Knot: Political Gridlock on the Information Superhighway, by Neuman, McKnight, and Solomon, received the 1997 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research.[5]
Neuman received the 1998 Alfred Freedman award from the International Society of Political Psychology for the best scientific paper presented at the ISPP annual meeting.[6]
In 2007 Neuman received the Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award from the American Political Science Association.[7]