Biography
Scott Church has taught courses in popular culture, music, and media studies. His research primarily uses critical theory, aesthetics, and media ecology as analytic lenses for digital media and mediated popular texts. His recent research has been published in The Information Society, The Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and Critical Studies in Media Communication.
Research Interests
Social Media, Remix Studies, Popular Culture, Popular Music, Media Ecology, Digital AestheticsTeaching Interests
Mass Communication and Society, Popular Culture and Media, Digital Media Theory, Online Culture, Communication TheoryEducation
- Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Rhetoric and Public Culture , Interpersonal Communications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2013)
- Master of Arts in Professional Communication , Mass Communications , Rhetoric, Southern Utah University (2008)
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science , International Relations, Brigham Young University (2005)
Honors and Awards
- Ruth S. Silver Research Fellowship, BYU School of Communications (2018 - Present)
- Recipient of the 2023 Raymond E. and Ida Lee Beckham Lecture Award, BYU School of Communications (2023 - 2023)
- College of Fine Arts and Communications Excellence in Scholarship Award, BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications (2022 - 2023)
- Top 10 BYU News Story, BYU University Communications (2022 - 2022)
- Experiential Learning Award nominee, BYU Careers & Experiential Learning (2021 - 2021)
- Recipient of the 2017 Raymond E. and Ide Lee Beckham Lecture Award, School of Communications (2017 - 2017)
Memberships
- International Communication Association (2018 - Present)
- Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (2017 - Present)
- Institute for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity (2019 - 2022)
- Media Ecology Association (2015 - 2021)
- National Communication Association (2007 - 2018)
- Western States Communication Association (2009 - 2017)
Professional Citizenship
- Editorial Review Board Member, Explorations in Media Ecology (2021 - Present)
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of American Culture (2021 - Present)
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of American Culture (2020 - Present)
- Editorial Review Board Member, MEIEA (Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association) Journal (2019 - 2021)
- Committee/Council Member, Journal of American Culture (2020 - 2020)
- Board Member, Media Ecology Association (2018 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Media Ecology Association
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Punctum: International Journal of Semiotics
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Philosophy and Technology (2015 - 2015)