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David Mindich

b. 1963

American media historian

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Born 1963. David Mindich is an American historian.

David Mindich is an American professor and historian. He is the chair of the journalism department at Temple University and the former chair of the journalism department at Saint Michael's College, and the author of Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News.

Career Mindich was a professor and the chair of the journalism department at Saint Michael's College, where he taught from 1996 to 2017. While at Saint Michael's, he served as the faculty advisor for the Defender, the school's newspaper, as well as the Echo, its rival. As of 2021, he is the chair of the journalism department at Temple University. He is also the author of Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News and Just the Facts: How "Objectivity" Came to Define American Journalism.

Personal life Mindich is Jewish. Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News (Oxford University Press, 2004) The Mediated World: A New Approach to Mass Communication and Culture (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)

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Who is David Mindich?

American media historian

When was David Mindich born?

David Mindich was born in 1963 in New York City.

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David Mindich is a historian.

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David Mindich is American.

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· Wikipedia: David Mindich

· Wikidata: Q5237605

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