Ted Petersen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | School of Arts and Communication Florida Tech
Areas of Expertise
Music
Popular Culture
Communication
New Media
Bob Dylan
About
Dr. Petersen teaches journalism and media courses at Florida Tech. He is the director of student media and chair of the undergraduate communication programs. In his free time, he enjoys running, reading, and spending time with his wife, three children, and lab mix. He's an avid Minnesota Twins fan and an admittedly fairweather Minnesota Vikings fan.
Prior to joining the faculty at Florida Tech, Dr. Petersen taught communication courses at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla. He taught Introduction to Public Speaking, Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, and Writing for Mass Media. He has also written for Florida TODAY, the Gainesville Sun, the Independent Florida Alligator, and the Florida Engineer. Before beginning his doctoral work, Dr. Petersen worked for the UF athletic association.
Dr. Petersen's research focuses on the role of popular culture artifacts on collective memory. His doctoral research examined how Bob Dylan's music of the 1960s and '70s shaped, and continue to shape, popular memory. Dr. Petersen is also exploring the way new media impacts the way news is distributed, created, and used.
Prior to joining the faculty at Florida Tech, Dr. Petersen taught communication courses at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla. He taught Introduction to Public Speaking, Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, and Writing for Mass Media. He has also written for Florida TODAY, the Gainesville Sun, the Independent Florida Alligator, and the Florida Engineer. Before beginning his doctoral work, Dr. Petersen worked for the UF athletic association.
Dr. Petersen's research focuses on the role of popular culture artifacts on collective memory. His doctoral research examined how Bob Dylan's music of the 1960s and '70s shaped, and continue to shape, popular memory. Dr. Petersen is also exploring the way new media impacts the way news is distributed, created, and used.
Media Appearances
A shrinking newspaper is bad for all of us | Opinion
Florida Today online
2023-01-08
In the late 1990s, Florida Today employed roughly 120 journalists, not including the people who ran the advertising, business, production, and distribution divisions. Today, it’s closer to 30. Gannett, Florida Today’s parent company and the largest owner of newspapers in the U.S., just started another round of layoffs.
I’m concerned. I count on these reporters.
Education
Bethany Lutheran College
B.A.
Communication
2003
University of South Florida
M.A.
Communication
2007
University of Florida
Ph.D.
Mass Communication
2010
Links
Social
Selected Articles
Revenue and the reporter: Understanding the Modern Journalist’s Relationship with Newspaper Business Models
Florida Communication Journal2015
Prisoners and Guards: Bob Dylan, George Jackson, and Popular Memory
Popular Culture Studies Journal2015
To binge or not to binge: A qualitative analysis of binge watching habits of college students
Florida Communication Journal2016
Affiliations
- Florida Tech Crimson : Faculty Adviser
