Andy Roth

Lecturer in Sociology
With Pomona Since: 2014
  • Expertise

    Expertise

    Andy Roth’s current research emphasizes the importance of a free press for democratic self-government and the ways in which the corporate news media narrow the scope of legitimate public debate. As associate director of Project Censored—a non-profit media watchdog organization established in 1976—he coordinates the collaborative efforts of hundreds of college and university students and dozens of faculty members from campuses across the country to educate the public about the importance of independent, investigative journalism for social justice and a democratic society.

    Research Interests

    How the corporate news media narrow the scope of legitimate public debate

    Areas of Expertise

    MEDIA STUDIES

    • News Media
    • Censorship and Propaganda
    • Interpersonal and Mass Communication
    • Documentary Film

    SOCIOLOGY

    • Sociological Theory
    • Environmental Sociology
    • Ritual
    • Sociology of Religion
  • Work

    Work

    "Breaking the Corporate News Frame," in Media Education for a Digital Generation, edited by J. Frechette and R. Williams (Waitsfield, VT: Action Coalition for Media Education, forthcoming)

    With M. Huff, Censored 2015: Inspiring We the People (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2014)

    "Framing Al-Awlaki: How Government Officials and Corporate Media Legitimized a Targeted Killing," pp. 345-373 in Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution, M. Huff and A. L. Roth, eds. (New York: Seven Stories Pres, 2012).

    With Z. Huffman, J. Huling, K. Stolle, and J. Thomas. "Covering War's Victims: A Content Analysis of Iraq and Afghanistan War Photographs in the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle," pp. 253-271 in Censored 2008: The Top Censored Stories of 2006-07, P. Phillips and A. Roth, eds. (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2007)

    With E. L. Vander Haar (PO '04)."Media Standing of Urban Parkland Movements: The Case of Los Angeles' Taylor Yard, 1985-2001," City and Community vol. 5, no. 2 (2006):129-151.

    "'Pop Quizzes' on the Campaign Trail: Journalists, Candidates and the Limits of Questioning." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics vol. 10, no. 2 (2005):28-46.

    'Men Wearing Masks': Issues of Description in the Analysis of Ritual." Sociological Theory vol. 13, no. 3 (1995): 301-327.

  • Education

    Education

    Ph.D.
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Master of Arts
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Bachelor of Arts
    Haverford College

    Recent Courses Taught

    • Introduction to Sociology
    • Sociology of Mass Media
  • Awards & Honors

    Awards & Honors

    Pillar Award, Person of Conscience in New Media, Washington, D.C., July 30, 2014 (For work with Project Censored on whistle-blowers.)

    John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Faculty Fellowship, "Transforming the River, Revitalizing the City: Organizing for Park Land at Taylor Yard, 1985-2001," 2002

    Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, Pomona College, 2000-2002

    Collegium of University Teaching Fellows, UCLA, 1996-1997