Michael Stamm

Biography

I am a political, cultural, and environmental historian specializing in media and journalism history. My explorations of these subjects have resulted in publications on such topics as the political economy of news, the materiality of media, newsreel theaters, the relationship between sound and print, grassroots media reform campaigns, the intellectual history of communication theory, and religious broadcasting. My first book, Sound Business: Newspapers, Radio, and the Politics of New Media (Univ