Denis McQuail

Denis McQuail
Born(1935-04-12)12 April 1935
Died25 June 2017(2017-06-25) (aged 82)
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, MA)
University of Leeds (PhD)
EmployerUniversity of Amsterdam
Known forMedia Performance: Mass Communication and the Public Interest (1992)

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Spouse
Rosemary Beveridge
(m. 1966; died 2014)
Children4

Denis McQuail (12 April 1935, London – 25 June 2017)[1][2] was a British communication theorist, Emeritus Professor at the University of Amsterdam, considered one of the most influential scholars in the field of mass communication studies.[3]

  1. ^ "Prof. dr. D. McQuail, 1935 -," at Album Academicum website, University of Amsterdam.
  2. ^ Janet Wasko, Denis McQuail profile, iamcr.org; accessed 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ Peter Golding (2011): Denis McQuail: A Tribute and a Thank You, in: Manuel Pinto & Helena Sousa, eds. Communication and Citizenship. Rethinking crisis and change. Coimbra: Grácio Editor, pp. 123–28.