Scott Sochay
Email: socsco@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Communication Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Highlight
Sochay's research and teaching interests include media law, media technology, and Native Americans and the media.
Started at Bethel
1999
Education
- Michigan State University - B.A. in Telecommunications, 1984
- Michigan State University - M.B.A. in Marketing, 1989
- Michigan State University - Ph.D. in Communication Arts and Sciences, 1998
Courses Taught
Undergraduate:
- Media Communication
- Communication, Technology and Society
- Broadcast Journalism
- Media Law
- Native Americans and the Media
- Media Criticism
- Freshman Inquiry
Awards
2019 Bethel University winner of Faculty Excellence Award for Service
Publications
Dissertation Title: Newspaper Images of Native Americans: Michigan Newspaper Coverage of Treaties and Compacts Affecting Indians in the Territory and State of Michigan
Mass Communication Law (2011) Bar Charts, Inc.
Chapter 15: Mediated Communication (2020). In Ribarsky, B. & Eckstein, J, Activate Your Superpower! Creating Compelling Communication (pp. 329-351). Kendall Hunt.
Hobbies and Interests
Hobbies: Rooting for the Michigan State Spartans, collecting baseball and football cards, reading science fiction.
Favorite Book: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Favorite Christian Book (not including the Bible): The God Who Is There, He is There, and He is Not Silent by Francis Schaffer.
Research interests
Sochay's research and teaching interests include media law, media technology, and Native Americans and the media.