William A. Gamson

William A. Gamson is a professor of Sociology at Boston College, where he is also the co-director of the Media Research and Action Project (MRAP). [http://www2.bc.edu/~gamson/Homepage(Frames).html]

Gamson is the author of numerous books and articles on political discourse, the mass-media and social movements from as early as the 1960s. His works include "The Strategy of Social Protest" ["The Strategy of Social Protest" ISBN 0534120784] , "WHAT'S NEWS" (1984), ["WHAT'S NEWS" (1984) ISBN 0029111102] "Talking Politics" (2002), ["Talking Politics" (2002) ISBN 0521436796] as well as numerous editions of "SimSoc". ["SimSoc (5th edition)" (2000) ISBN 0684871408]

Gamson was the 85th president of the American Sociological Association in 1994. [http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?name=William+A.+Gamson&section=Presidents] He is also a 1978 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. [http://www.gf.org/78fellow.html]

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* [http://www2.bc.edu/~gamson/Homepage(Frames).html Web page at Boston College]
* [http://mrap.info Movement/Media Research Action Project]
* [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v10/my24/gamson.html Gamson elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
* [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v14/mr30/extracredit.html Work lead to the rise of] fantasy sports