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Glenn Leshner

Dr. Glenn Leshner is currently sharing a joint appointment with MU's Department of Communication and the School of Journalism. He conducts research on political communication and mass media effects, primarily those of television news. Recently, his attention has focused on the relationship between campaign media and citizen outcomes, including voting, political learning, and community participation. He also actively examines the cognitive processing of television news. His research has been published in Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Political Communication, and more.

Dr. Leshner's research has earned the respect of his peers, both at MU and nationally. Three times he has been the School of Journalism's nominee for outstanding research and creative activity awards at MU, and he holds 2 top-three paper awards from national and international conventions.

Frequently Taught Courses
Com 8001 Advanced Research Methods
Com 8510 Seminar in Mass Communication Theory
Jour 8001 Mass Media Seminar

Research interests
Information processing
Media effects
Political communication

Selected recent publications
Leshner, G., Bolls, P., Thomas, E. (in press). Scare 'em or disgust 'em: The effects of graphic health promotion messages. Health Communication.

Leshner, G., & Cheng, I.H. (2009). The effects of frame, appeal, and outcome extremity of antismoking messages on cognitive processing. Health Communication, 24, 219-227.

Choi, Y., Leshner, G., & Choi, J. (2008). Third-person effects of idealized body image in magazine advertisements. American Behavioral Scientist, 52(2), 147-164.

Leshner, G., Benoit, W., & Hansen, G. (2007). Effects of general presidential campaigns on voters, 1980-2000. Human Communication, 10(1), 45-60.

Miller, A., & Leshner, G. (2007). How viewers process live, breaking, and emotional TV news. Media Psychology, 10(1), 23-40.

Leshner, G., Cheng, I., Song, H., Choi, Y., & Frisby, C. (2006). The role of spiritual health locus of control in breast cancer information processing between African American and Caucasian women. Integrative Medicine Insights, 2, 35-44.

Yoon, T.I., Shim, J.C., Leshner, G. (2003). Third-person effects of anti-sites: The influences of knowledge about others' reactions and agreement level on behavioral intentions. Korean Society for Journalism & Communication Studies, 47(1), 31-55.

Len-Rios, M., & Leshner, G. (2002). The effects of exposure to web site subscription rates on intention to pay for future web site content subscriptions. In J. Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (Eds.), International Academy of Business Discipline Business Research Yearbook, 9, 85-89.

Mayo, J. & Leshner, G. (2001). Analytical journalism: Credibility of computer-assisted reporting. Newspaper Research Journal 21(4), 68-82.

Leshner, G. (2001). Critiquing the image: Testing image adwatches as journalistic reform. Communication Research, 28(2), 181-207.

Leshner, G. & Coyle, J. (2001). Memory for television news: Match and mismatch between processing and testing. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 44(4), 599-613.

Glenn Leshner

Associate Professor

education: PhD, Stanford University
email: LeshnerG@missouri.edu
office: 181C Gannett Hall
phone: 573-884-6676