Robert Thompson (media scholar)
American educator and media scholar (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert James Thompson (born 1959) is an American educator and media scholar.[1][2] He is the Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture.[3] He is widely quoted in media.[3][4][5]
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Born | (1959-08-03) August 3, 1959 (age 64) |
Occupation | Professor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Employer | Syracuse University |
His areas of research are television history, Popular Culture, media criticism, and TV programming.[2][6] Thompson's various soundbites have been dubbed by the Associated Press as "Thompson-isms".[7][8] On February 4, 2009 Jon Hein of the Howard Stern Show announced that Thompson is his "arch nemesis," referring to popular culture trivia.[9]