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Mina Tsay-Vogel

Assistant Professor, Communication at Boston University

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Dr. Tsay-Vogel holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communications at the Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. High Honors in Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the psychological and social effects of mass media, enjoyment and appreciation of entertainment, and the psychology of new and social media. She serves on the editorial board of Communication Yearbook and Communication Reports, and is an ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals in the field. She has taught communication at the Pennsylvania State University and University of Kentucky, and her teaching expertise includes communication theory, media effects, research methods and data analysis. She has served as a Co-Chair of the Entertainment Studies Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Recognized for excellence in teaching, she was a recipient of AEJMC’s 2010 Promising Professor Award and was featured in NerdScholar’s 2014 inaugural 40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Faculty Advisor of the Year Award.

An avid television fan, Dr. Tsay-Vogel (aka Dr. TV) has industry experiences that consist of writing, producing, and editing image promotions for broadcasting companies, such as Hearst Argyle, Inc., The Walt Disney Company, and Viacom. Blending both personal and professional pursuits, she aspires to be a future contestant on CBS’s Survivor and with her husband on The Amazing Race.

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CityLine: Re-branding Super Heroes

June 11, 2017

CityLine interviewing Mina Tsay-Vogel, College of Communication “Dr. Mina Tsay-Vogel discusses the impact diverse faces in comic book films and tv shows can have on audiences…” Watch full interview. 

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Why we’re in love with anti-heroes

April 28, 2016

ZME Science Mina Tsay-Vogel, College of Communication In the TV series Dexter, the main character – a forensics specialist by day and a serial killer by night – hunts down murderers who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system… Expert quote: “If you had a really bad day and did something you weren’t […]

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MAY: The reality is, we’re obsessed

July 31, 2014

News & Herald Mina Tsay-Vogel, College of Communication Those in the know say it started with “COPS” in 1989, where a webcam on a police cruiser’s dashboard took us all into the incredibly exciting or the overwhelmingly mundane world of the officer on patrol… View full article referencing Mina Tsay-Vogel

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Tech Difficulties

January 8, 2013

Sun Chronicle Mina Tsay-Vogel, College of Communication Brittany Morgan is a typical 16-year-old… View article

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New social network blends best of Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr

November 4, 2012

Boston Herald Mina Tsay-Vogel, College of Communication An estimated 200 million people — two-thirds of Americans — use a social network… View article

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Coming clean ASAP

August 2, 2012

Boston Globe Mina Tsay, College of Communication In 2009, it took Tiger Woods six days to post a statement online apologizing for his “transgressions.”… View article

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Salt-and-ice dare draws warnings from medical experts

July 16, 2012

Boston Herald Mina Tsay, College of Communication Parents, you might want to keep the kids out of the kitchen… View article

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‘I’m not here to make friends’: Why reality TV’s smartest stars love to be hated

July 12, 2012

PopWatch Mina Tsay, College of Communication With the news that Willie Hantz, the younger brother of Survivor villain Russell Hantz, will join the cast of Big Brother this season, the birth of a new reality villain dynasty is upon us… View article

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Wiki-speaks

January 18, 2012

Boston Herald Mina Tsay, College of Communication Like it or not, you’re going old school today. The Web’s go-to information site, Wikipedia, will be blocked all day today to protest two pending anti-piracy laws… View article

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