John C. Tedesco

• Research Methods
• Campaign Communication
• Presidential Campaigns
• Public Relations
• Political Communications

• PhD, University of Oklahoma 
• MA, University at Albany 
• BA, University at Albany 

• National Communication Association (Past Chair, Political Communication Division)
  
• International Academy of Business Disciplines (Chair, Communication & Technology)
  
• International Communication Association
  
• Eastern Communication Association (Past Chair, Political Communication)
  
• American Political Science Association

• 2006 Phi Beta Delta, International Studies Honor Society
• 2004 Top Paper – Political Communication Division, National Communication Association
• 2004 Scholarship and Professional Recognition Award, Alpha Chi Omega – Virginia Tech

Books

Kaid, L. L., McKinney, M., & Tedesco, J. C. (2000). Civic Dialogue in the 1996 Presidential Campaign: Candidate, Media, and Public Voices. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Williams, A. P., & Tedesco, J. C. (2006) (Eds). The Internet Election: Perspectives of the Web in Campaign 2004. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Journal Articles

Kavanaugh, A., Sheetz, S., Sandoval, R., & Tedesco, J. C. (Under Review). Media use during conflicts: Political information efficacy and information reliability, influence, and sharing during the 2012 Mexican elections. Government Information Quarterly.

VanDyke, M., & Tedesco, J. C. (Revise & Resubmit). Understanding green content strategies: An analysis of environmental advertising frames from 1990 – 2010. International Journal of Strategic Communication.

Kavanaugh, A., Tedesco, J., Madondo, K. (2014). Social media vs. traditional Internet use for community Involvement: Toward broadening participation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8654, 1-12.

Sweetser, K. D., & Tedesco, J. (2014). Effects of bipartisan messaging and candidate exposure on the political organization-public relationship. American Behavioral Scientist, 58(6), 776-793.

• $8,675, Summer 2015, TLOS Design and Development Award
• $749,999, 2011-2015, National Science Foundation, Participation on the Virtual Town Square in the Era of Web 2.0., Social Computational Sciences. Kavanaugh, Perez-Quinones, Tedesco, and Ramakrishnan.
• $5,500, Summer 2006, CLAHS Grant Writing Institute, Virginia Tech Office of Research