Assistant Research
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Dr. Constance Ledoux Book, Ph.D
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Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Elon University (1999-present)
Assistant Professor
Provide instruction for the School of Communications.
Teaching areas include a variety of writing, research and production courses.
Consultant
Specialty Areas: Digital Television & Cable Communications
(1994-Present)
Includes consumer testing of digital television and high definition picture and hardware preferences. Cable franchising work includes statistical assessment of community and resident's perceptions of cable television service. Have served as lead researcher on cable television and other technology related needs and interests ascertainments in a variety of municipalities including Detroit, MI; Denver, CO; Milwaukee, WI; Lincoln, NE; Vancouver, WA; Seattle, WA; Danbury, CT; Norwich, CT; Plano, TX; St. Paul, MN; and several others.
Professional Honors:
(2003) First Place Research Award, Open Category. With J. Gisclair, & D. Grady. International Division. Broadcaster Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters for paper, "Building a Foundation for Further Testing of Chinese University Students Media and Internet Activity." (April 4-7, 2003). Las Vegas, NV.
(2003) Nominated to serve on the Citizen's Advisory Committee at the Federal Communication Commission by Capitol Broadcasting headquartered in Raleigh, NC.
(2002) Awarded grant from the National Association of Broadcasters to study PCTV adoption.
(2002) First Place Research Award, Open Category. Broadcast Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters. Received first place honors for study on digital television adoption.
(2001) First Place Open Category. Broadcast Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters. Received first place honors for study on media framing of the cable television industry.
(2001) Awarded a grant from the PEW Internet and American Family project to study Internet forecasting.
(2000) Received a grant from the National Association of Broadcasters to study the attitudes of early purchasers of DTV receivers.
(1999) First Place Research Award, Open Category. Broadcast Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters. Received first place honors for HDTV consumer research.
(1998) Received a grant from the National Association of Broadcasters to conduct America's first living room test of HDTV.
(1998) Merit Award. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. For research related to early reaction to the TCI/AT&T merger.
(1996 & 1995) Secured a $120,000 grant for the creation of three multimedia labs at Georgia College.
(1994) Ovation Award. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. For research conducted on attitudes regarding cable television.
(1994) Georgia College. Faculty Research Grant awarded.
(1993) Outstanding Graduate Student. Henry W. Grady Journalism Alumni Association.
(1993) Georgia College. Faculty Research Grant awarded.
(1992) Outstanding Teaching Assistant. University of Georgia.
(1992) Broadcast Educators Association/ National Association of Broadcasters. First place, debut paper in Law and Policy Division.
(1990-1992) Continuous Dean's List
(1989) Directed live teleconference for the Close-Up Foundation on C-Span. High school students make recommendations to Washington, DC officials on how to eliminate the drop-out risks at the sophomore level.
(1989) Directed live news conference for Tri-Star Pictures on the premier of "Steel Magnolias" in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
(1986) AP Best Newscast awarded to WAFB-TV for show co-produced.
(1986) AP Best Video Essay awarded to WAFB-TV for program co-produced.
(1985) Awarded Jules-Mayeux Scholarship for Outstanding Communications Student of the Year. Presented by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters.
(1983) Awarded the T. H. Harris Scholarship for academic achievement.
Education:
(1994) Ph.D. Journalism and Mass Communications. The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Dissertation: Municipal Officials' Attitudes Toward Cable Television Regulation: A National Study.
(1989) M.Ed., Education Administration and Supervision,
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
(1986) B.A., Journalism. Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Honor Societies:
(1993) Kappa Tau Alpha. Journalism honor society.
(1993) Phi Kappa Phi. Academic honor society.
(1993) Blue Key. National Honor Society. University of Georgia.
Convention Presentations and Academic Presentations:
(2003) IM Use Among College Students.With student, J. Brown. Popular Culture Association of the South. Charlotte, NC. February 2-4, 2003.
(2003) Building a Foundation for Further Testing of Chinese University Students Media and Internet Activity. With colleagues Jessica Gisclair and Don Grady. International Division. Broadcast Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters. Las Vegas, NV.
(2003) Bandwidth Bonanza: PCTV and the Promise of Digital Business Opportunity for Broadcasters. With colleague, B. Barnett. National Association of Broadcasters. Las Vegas, NV.
(2003) Christian Music and the Use of Theological Words. With student M. Livengood. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Southeast Colloquium. Little Rock, Arkansas.
(2003) Generation Y: Building the Next Generation of Newspaper Readers.
With student J.Guarino. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Southeast Colloquium. Little Rock, Arkansas.
(2002) Consumers and Digital Television. Consumer Electronics Association. San Francisco, CA.
(2002) Forecasting the Internet: A Retrospective Technology Assessment. Southern Communication Association. Winston Salem, North Carolina.
(2002) Chinese College Students Self-Reported Use of the Internet. With colleagues, D. Grady and J. Gisclair. Pacific Asian Communication Association. Seoul, South Korea.
(2002) First Place Research Award. "Cable Subscribers Response to Digital Television." Broadcast Educators Association. National Association of Broadcasters. Las Vegas, NV.
(2001) First Place Research Award. "Media Framing of the Cable Television Industry: 1995-2000" Broadcast Educators Association. National Association of Broadcasters. Las Vegas, NV. Co-Author: Erik Furlan.
(2001) "Consumer Adoption of Digital Television" National Association of Broadcasters. Grant Report. Las Vegas, NV.
(2001) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium. "Journalism in the Movies." Co-Authors: Katie Spiker and Melissa Anderson.
(2000) "DBS Competition and its Impact on Cities." National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.
(2000) "Assessing the PBS Model to the DTV Transition." PBS National Meeting. Nashville, TN.
(2000). Rethinking Satellite Subscription and the Impact on Cities. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. Los Angeles, CA.
(2000) "Consumer Response to the UNC-TV Model for DTV Transition." UNC TV Executive Board. Research Triangle Park, NC.
(2000) "Cable Subscribers Respond to Broadcasters Transition to DTV."
National Cable Television Association. New Orleans, LA.
(2000) DTV Summit VI. "Testing Consumer Response to Multicasting."
Los Angeles, CA.
(2000) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium. "Flood of Images: Press and the Framing of Princeville." Co-Author: Thomas Nelson. Chapel Hill, NC.
(2000) Broadcast Education Association. "America's First Digital Television Station." Las Vegas, NV.
(1999) National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. "Understanding the Impact of Digital Television on Cable Franchising."
Atlanta, Georgia.
(1999) Broadcast Education Association. First Place Open Category of Communication Technology Division, "The Impact of Consumer Education on Public Response to Digital Television."
(1999) Broadcast Education Association. Panelist. "The Hazards of Conducting New Technology Research."
(1999) National Association of Broadcasters. Grant Report.
"America's Living Room Test: HDTV Comes Home."
(1999) World Research Group. "Bringing Home Digital Television." DTV5 Summit. Government Think Tank on Digital Television.
(1998) World Research Group. "Consumer Education During Our Nation's DTV4 Transition. DTV Summit. Government Think Tank on Digital Television.
(1998) National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors.
"Municipal Officials' Reactions to the Proposed AT&T/TCI Merger."
(1998) National Cable Television Association. "Understanding the Municipal Cable Climate."
(1998) Federal Communications Commission. "Leading Women in Broadcasting and Cable."
(1998) National Association of Broadcasters/Federal Communications Commission. Diversity in Broadcasting and Cable Regional Meeting."Understanding the Significant Impact of Marginalization on the Hiring of Women in Broadcasting and Cable." Fayetteville, North Carolina.
(1998) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication.
"The Presentation of Women in Broadcasting and Cable's "Fifth Estater."
Baltimore, MD.
(1998) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Panelist. "Parental Mediation of Television and the V-Chip." Baltimore, MD.
(1997) Broadcast Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters. "Cable Television's Moody Regulatory History."
(1997) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication.
"A Discovery: The International Institutional Press Association." Chicago, IL.
(1996) Popular Culture Association. "Parental Mediation of Television and the V-Chip." Savannah, GA.
(1996) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass
Communications. Southeast Regional Meeting in Roanoke, VA. "The Builder: A Nontraditional Institutional Newspaper."
(1995) Georgia College. Arts and Sciences Day. "Regulating Sex on the Internet"
(1994) National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. National Convention. Reno, Nevada. Keynote Speaker: "Assessing Cable Administrators' Attitudes Toward Cable Television Regulation."
(1994) Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications. Regional Meeting in Charleston, SC. "The Search for a Model of Cable Television Regulation."
(1994) Cable Television Association of Georgia. "Municipal Officials' Attitudes Toward Cable Regulation." Atlanta, GA.
(1994) Georgia College. Arts and Sciences Day. Moderator of panel on death and the media.
(1992) Broadcast Educators Association/National Association of Broadcasters. Las Vegas. "Power of Influences: FCC Policy Decisions Regarding Indecent Broadcasts." First place in debut category.
(1992) Georgia College. Arts and Sciences Day. Served as panelist to discuss tabloid television and censorship.
(1991) Southeastern Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications. Orlando, Florida. "New Precedent Set With Program Diversity Ruling in Metro Broadcasting v. FCC."
(1991) Georgia College. Arts and Sciences Day. Served as
panelist to discuss violence in the media.
(1990) Mid South Educational Research Association. New Orleans, Louisiana. "Student Attitudes Towards Distance Learning."
Co-Presenters: Lorna Lacina and Neelam Kher-Durlabhji.
(1990) NSU Research Day. Natchitoches, Louisiana. "Distance Learning: A New Methodological Approach." Co-Presenter: Lorna Lacina.
Publications:
(2003) "When Cable Television Makes the News." Cableline. North Carolina Cable Television Association. January, 2003.
(2003) "Consumer Adoption of Digital Television in North Carolina." Newscaster. North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. Winter, 2003.
(2002) "The Main Thing." Digital Television. October, 2002.
(2001)"The Builder: A Non-Traditional Newspaper." Georgia Historical Quarterly. Volume LXXXV, Spring 2001, Number 1.
(2000) Critical Studies in Mass Communication. Oxford University Press. Co-author of chapter regarding the use of light-skinned African Americans by advertisers. Editors: R. Anderson and L. Strata.
(1999) "The Impact of Consumer Education on the Awareness of DTV Transition." www.digitaltelevision.com. Electronic Magazine.
(1999) DBS Threatens Cable. NATOA Quarterly.
(1999) Contributor. Television Encyclopedia. Ornyx Press. Six essays on significant figures in the history of American television.
(1999) Results of research on HDTV has appeared in major trade magazines, Multichannel News, Broadcasting and Cable, Electronic Media, Television Broadcast, TV Technology.
(1998) A Functional Analysis of the First Amendment Protection Awarded Cable Television. Proceeding of Southeast AEJMC Colloquium. Law and Policy Division.
(1997) Digital Television a Year Later. Electronic Media (July 16, 1997).
(1995) Executive Summary: Assessing Cable Administrator's Attitudes Toward Cable Television Regulation. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.
(1995) Members' Attitudes Toward Cable Regulation Assessed.
NATOA News Quarterly.
(1994) Results of research on municipal officials appeared in Broadcasting and Cable, Multichannel News, Cable World and Cable Regulatory Monitor.
(1994) A Summary Report of Municipal Officials' Attitudes Toward Cable Television Regulation. Cable Television Association of Georgia.
(1993, September) Dissertation. Municipal Officials' Attitudes Toward Cable Television Regulation: A National Study.
(1992, March) Communications and the Law. "New Precedent Set With Program Diversity Ruling in Metro Broadcasting v. FCC."
(1991, Fall) College Teaching. "Successful Teaching on Television." Co-author: Lorna Lacina.
(1991) Capstone Journal of Education. "How Television Lends Itself to Creative Teaching." Co-author: Lorna Lacina.
(1990, Winter) Louisiana Educational Research Journal. "Student Attitudes Towards Distance Learning." Co-authors: Lorna Lacina and Neelam Kher-Durlabhji.
Affiliations:
National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors.
Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Broadcast Educators Association.
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters.
North Carolina Cable Television Association.
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