Fred Fejes

Fred Fejes
Fejes in 2012
Born
Fred Allan Fejes
Occupations
  • Scholar
  • author
  • academic
Years active1982–present
TitleProfessor emeritus
AwardsRoy F. Aarons Award (2013)
Academic background
EducationA. B. (1974), PhD (1982)
Alma materThe Institute of Communication Research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ThesisImperialism, Media, and the Good Neighbor: New Deal Foreign Policy and United States Shortwave Broadcasting to Latin America (1982)
Academic work
DisciplineCommunication studies
Sub-discipline
Communication theory, discourse, sexuality and media
InstitutionsFlorida Atlantic University
Main interests
LGBT studies, sexuality and media, critical media studies
Notable works
Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America's Debate on Homosexuality (2008), Imperialism, Media and the Good Neighbor: New Deal Foreign Policy and United States Shortwave Broadcasting to Latin America (1984)

Fred Allan Fejes is an American communication scholar, author and academic. Fejes is known for his work on sexuality, media, and the history of the LGBTQ movement in America. From 2018 to 2019, he held the title of a Fulbright-Palacky Distinguished Chair at Palacky University. Fejes is the author of Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America's Debate on Homosexuality and Imperialism, Media and the Good Neighbor: New Deal Foreign Policy and United States Shortwave Broadcasting to Latin America. In 2013, he received the Roy F. Aarons Award for "contributions to education and research on issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities."

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  1. ↑ "for contributions to education and research on issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities."

References

  1. ↑ "Fred Fejes". Florida Atlantic University.
  2. ↑ Steiner, Linda; Fejes, Fred; Petrich, Kevin (December 1993). "Invisibility, homophobia and heterosexism: Lesbians, gays and the media". Critical Studies in Mass Communication. 10 (4): 395–422. doi:10.1080/15295039309366878. ISSN 0739-3180.
  3. ↑ "Meet FAU Professor & LGBT Historian Dr. Fred Fejes at History Fort Lauderdale's "Florida Scribes & Stories"". POZ.