{"id":61683,"date":"2023-06-24T21:21:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jem.utk.edu\/beta\/?page_id=61683"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:52:27","slug":"mark-harmon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/directory\/mark-harmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Harmon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mdharmon@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

865-974-5122<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Mark D. Harmon teaches courses in news writing, news reporting, introduction to journalism and electronic media, communication theory, and public opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harmon has worked as a TV news producer, radio reporter, and host of a radio news interview program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also has published guest columns in scores of periodicals, ranging from daily newspapers to the Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>. Currently he is a weekly columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Harmon is the author of four books, more than 30 research articles in refereed journals, and dozens of papers presented at academic conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harmon has created a well regarded web sites on media ethics and thinking visually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a former congressional candidate and former Knox County Commissioner and has several projects in the works concerning political communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • PhD Ohio University, 1988<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • MS Syracuse University, 1981<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • BA Pennsylvania State University, 1979<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Television news gatekeeping<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Connections between media and materialistic values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      International Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • British Media, the Indexing Hypothesis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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