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James Angelini is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Communication at the University of Delaware's Department of Communication, housed within the College of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on cognitive and emotional responses to televised sports, particularly examining viewer choices between broadcasts featuring male/female athletes and masculine/feminine sports, alongside physiological responses to such content. He has also researched advertising processing, commentary differences based on athlete demographics, and food advertising targeting children/teens.
Education includes a Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Mass Communications/Telcommunications from Indiana University, Bloomington. His research has been widely cited, notably in analyses of NBC Olympic broadcasts showing women's sports receiving majority primetime coverage in several recent Games. He regularly teaches courses like COMM206 (Sex, Violence, and Media) and COMM370 (Mass Communication Theories).
Key awards include the 2020 Outstanding Service Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. Angelini's work frequently appears in media outlets such as MSN.com, discussing trends in sports broadcasting equity. His scholarship bridges media studies with psychological analysis, emphasizing empirical measurement of audience engagement and media representation patterns.
