Kyle Lorenzano
Assistant Professor
678-839-4933
klorenza@westga.edu
Miller Hall - Room 2323
Office Hours
Tue/Thu, 8:00 – 11:00 a.m., 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Kyle Lorenzano is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, Film, and Media at the University of West Georgia. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, in addition to a B.S. in Communication Studies from the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.
His teaching interests focus primarily on emerging technology and mass media, having taught courses on multimedia storytelling, media industries/programming, social media marketing, and media theory/criticism. His research interests mostly center on political communication and social change, with an emphasis on the relationship between new media and polarization. This research resulted in a recent publication in Online Information Review and several papers delivered at top conferences in the discipline.
- B.S., Communication Studies, Arizona State University, 2012
- M.A., Communication, Washington State University, 2014
- Ph.D., Communication, Washington State University, 2018
Summer 2022 Sections
- COMM-3355 (Digital Media Program & Mgmt) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-4484 (Mass Comm Research Methods) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3355 (Digital Media Program & Mgmt) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-4484 (Mass Comm Research Methods) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- COMM-3350 (Digital Media Industries) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3355 (Media Programming & Mgmt) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- COMM-1154 (Intro to Mass Communications) Section: E04 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- COMM-3350 (Telecom & Electr Media Industr) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3355 (Media Programming & Mgmt) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- COMM-1154 (Intro to Mass Communications) Section: 02 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01 View Syllabus External Resource
- COMM-4485 (Digital Content Creation) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01
- COMM-3355 (Media Programming & Mgmt) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- COMM-3350 (Telecom & Electr Media Industr) Section: 01
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01
- COMM-4485 (Podcasting) Section: 01
Fall 2019 Sections
- COMM-3350 (Telecom & Electr Media Industr) Section: 01
- COMM-3354 (Digital Social Media & Society) Section: E01
- COMM-3355 (Media Programming & Mgmt) Section: 01
Lorenzano, K.J. , Sari, M., Storm, C.H., Rhodes, S., & Borah, P. (2018). Challenges for an SNS- based public sphere in 2016. Online Information Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-12- 2017-0352