Phillip J. Tichenor

Phillip J. Tichenor is professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication at the University of Minnesota. His career included 7 years in professional agricultural college communications and 30 in academic journalism. His teaching and research specialties were mass communication research methods, public opinion and community media systems.

With Professors George Donohue and Clarice Olien, Professor Tichenor was involved in a 35-year study of community structure and the dissemination of knowledge to general and specialized audiences.

He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Wisconsin, continued his graduated studies at the University of Minnesota, and earned a Ph.D. at Stanford University.

Professor Tichenor's contributions add to the ACDC collection in several important subject areas. Among them:

• Rural communities - change, development, leadership, rural-urban differences, knowledge gaps, conflict, development issues.
• Media systems in communities - roles, changes, coverage, editor judgments, effectiveness.
• Agrarianism
• Communications interests and patterns of rural families.
• Farmers' adoption behavior and attitudes toward varied topics
• Farmers' information sources and uses of media
• Religion in rural areas

The Tichenor Collection includes these documents written by Phillip J. Tichenor.