William Lyon Benoit (born March 17, 1953) ^[1] is an American scholar in the field of political communication. ^[2] He graduated from Ball State University in 1975 and obtained his Master of Arts degree from Central Michigan University in 1976. He also holds a PhD from Wayne State University. ^[3]

He is a distinguished professor of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. ^[3] He previously taught at Miami University, Bowling Green State University, the University of Missouri, and Ohio University. He was a faculty member at the University of Missouri for twenty-four years. ^[4] He is known for developing image repair theory (originally called "Image Restoration") and for applying it to anecdotes in various real-world contexts. ^[5] He was the editor of the Journal of Communication from 2003 to 2005, and of Communication Studies from 2007 to 2009. ^[6]

Publications ^[7]

• Reading in Argumentation, Mouton Publishers (Hawthorne, NY), 1992
• Accounts, Excuses, Apologies, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 1995
• Candidates in Conflict, University of Alabama Press (Tuscaloosa, AL), 1996
• Campaign '96, Praeger (New York, NY), 1998
• Seeing Spots: A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements, 1952–1996, Praeger (Westport, CN), 1999
• The Clinton Scandals and the Politics of Image Restoration, Praeger (West-port, CT), 2001
• The Primary Decision: A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries, Praeger (Westport, CT), 2001

References

External links

• Faculty page
• William Benoit publications indexed by Google Scholar

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