Michael P. Boyle, Ph.D.

Dr. Boyle is a media scholar with a focus on political communication and the study of news coverage and its effects on social conflicts and protest. He is interested in how news media present issues to the public, how and why people use media, and the implications of news coverage and media use patterns on subsequent outcomes such as information seeking, public opinion, and perceptions of media effects. His research focuses on three areas:
1) Media content studies that consider what people are reading/seeing/etc.
2) Media processes studies that consider how media effects work.
3) Media outcomes studies that consider what happens after exposure to the media.

His work has been published in book chapters, invited volumes, and journals including Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication & Society, The Journal of Broadcast & Electronic Media, The Atlantic Journal of Communication, American Behavioral Scientist, and Journal of Communication, among others. Please check out his Vitae for download in PDF for more information on his research.

He teaches a range of courses including: Television and Video Production (Intro & Advanced); Research Methods; Visual Communication (at the graduate level); and Public Speaking.

Dr. Boyle received his B.A. from East Stroudsburg University, his M.A. from University of Delaware, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Dr. Boyle happily joined the faculty of West Chester University in 2006.