Aniko Bodroghkozy

Aniko Bodroghkozy is a Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, where she has served as a founding faculty member of the Media Studies Program since 2001. She currently co-directs the Media Studies Distinguished Majors Program and teaches courses including American Broadcast News (MDST 3811) and Media and the Kennedy Era (MDST 4106), with office hours in Wilson Hall 221.

Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994), an M.A. in Film from Columbia University, and a B.A. with High Honors in Film Studies from Carleton University. She previously served as Interim Director of UVA Media Studies (2004-2006) and Director of Undergraduate Programs (2007-2012).

Bodroghkozy specializes in American television history with emphases on civil rights movement media coverage, 1960s social change movements, and contemporary media-white supremacy dynamics. Her research examines how media frames historical events across eras, particularly analyzing connections between 1960s civil rights protests and the 2017 Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally. Recent work investigates television journalism's development through crisis events like the JFK assassination.

Her scholarly publications span Cinema Journal, Screen, and Television and New Media, while public commentary appears in The Boston Globe's The Emancipator, NBC News, and Slate. Key publications include Making #Charlottesville: Media from Civil Rights to Unite The Right (2023), Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement (2012), and Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion (2001). She edited A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting (2018).

Bodroghkozy's research demonstrates consistent thematic threads across decades: media's role in framing racial justice movements, the evolution of broadcast journalism during national crises, and comparative analysis of protest media coverage. Her work connects historical civil rights media strategies with contemporary white supremacist tactics, revealing persistent patterns in how visual culture shapes public understanding of race and resistance.

As a public intellectual, she engages through interviews with Washington Post, WAMU, and USA Today, and co-hosts the 'Democracy in Danger' podcast discussing media-white supremacy connections. Her scholarship bridges academic rigor and public discourse, particularly regarding Charlottesville's legacy as a media event.