William Anthony Gamson (born January 27, 1934)[1] is a professor of Sociology at Boston College, where he is also the co-director of the Media Research and Action Project (MRAP).[2]
Gamson is the author of numerous books and articles on political discourse, the mass-media and social movements from as early as the 1960s. His works include The Strategy of Social Protest,[3] WHAT'S NEWS (1984),[4] Talking Politics (2002),[5] as well as numerous editions of SimSoc.[6]
Gamson was the 85th president of the American Sociological Association in 1994.[7] He is also a 1978 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.[8]
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