MICHAEL R. REAL

"Technology, Ideology, and the (Post)Modern Olympics,"Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress, Dallas, July 16, 1996.
Shuk Yin Tam, David M. Dozier, Martha M. Lauzen, and Michael R. Real, "The impact of Superior-Subordinate Gender on the Career Advancement of Public Relations Practitioners," International Communication Association, Alburquerque, May, 1995.
"Navajos Watching Cheyenne Autumn: Notes Toward a Model of Media Culture," Binational Research Colloquium, University of California at San Diego, Nov. 4, 1995.
"Aerobics and Feminism: Democracy vs. Patriarchal Hegemony in Exercise Sports," International Communication Association, UABC, Tiijuana, Mexico.
International Issues in Media. (1994) Fifth Annual Encounter of the Binational Association of Schools of Communication, UABC, Tiijuana, Mexico.
The Future of Communication Research. (1991) Graduate Symposium, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California.
Sources and Methods of Popular Culture Analysis in the United States. (1991) Workshop organized and paper presented. International Communication Association, Chicago.
Gratifications and Dangers of Media Sports Spectatorship. (1991) Paper presented, International Communication Association, Chicago.
What We Can Learn From Each Other: Binational Mexican-United States Communication Practices and Research. (1991) Presentation to the Second Annual Binational Communication Encounter, San Diego State University.
International Media Events. (1990) Paper presented, International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland.
World Cup, Super Bowl, and the Nature of Media Sport Spectacles. (1989) Paper presented, International Communication Association, San Francisco.
The Expressive Face of Culture: Mass Media and the Shape of the Human Moral Environment. Keynote address: Conference on Moral Imagination, Media, and the Shape of Public Culture. Marquette University, October 14, 1988.
Sports, Media, and Culture. (1~88) Session organized and paper presented, International Association for Mass Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain.
Ideology, Media Bias, and Superpower Olympic Boycotts. (1987) Paper presented, Conference on the Mass Media and the Olympic Games, University of Calgary, Canada.
How Media Create Cultural Environments. Keynote address, Cavalleti IV Seminar on Moral Theology and Cornmunication. Rome, Italy, September 25, 1987.
Global Mass Media and the Olympic Games. Keynote address, Conference on the Olympic Games Past and Future. Barcelona, Spain, September 23, 1986.
Media, the Olympics, and International Understanding. Keynote address, Symposium on Media and the Olympics. Calgary, Canada, November 6, 1985.
International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) in New Delhi, India (1986), and Prague, Czechoslovakia (1984).
World Congress of Sociologists, International Sociological Association (ISA) in New Delhi, India (1986), and Mexico City (1982).
International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference, approximately every other year, 1974-present.
Popular Culture Association (PCA) and American Culture Association (ACA), 1973-79 and 1988.
At various times to Speech Communication Association; Gerontological Society of America; Association for Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; Philological Association of the Pacific Coast; Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication; West Coast Popular Culture Association; United States Information Agency; League of California Cities; California State Assembly; State Telecommunications Policy Conference; UCLA Extension; National Adult Education Conference; and other international, national, regional, and local scholarly conferences and meetings.

On-Air Moderator and Host, live interactive teleconferences to Central and South America, 2-hour sessions, International Training Center and KPBS-TV, SDSU, quarterly. Theme: Telecommunications in Professional Development and Education. 1994-present.
Media Interviews, set up by SDSU Office of Communication. Topics: the O.J. case, cameras in the courtroom, Quiz Show, the Academy Awards Telecast. On major San Diego television and radio stations. Recurring.
Manuscript Referee: Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Journal of Communication, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, others.
Secretary, Binational Association of Schools of Communication (BINACOM). 1995-96.
Chair, City of Del Mar, Cable Television Advisory Committee. 1989-present.
Broad Member, Visual Arts Foundation, San Diego. 1987-present.
Faculty Adivisor, Visual Arts Club, School of Communication, SDSU. 1995-96.
Graduate Advisor --M.A> in Television, Film, and New Media Production; M.A. in Telecommunication and Media Management. 1982-1986, 1991-1996.
Project Director, "Technology, Ethics, and Borders: The Binational Challenge," a three-part lectureship series GTE Foundation, at SDSU, UCSD, and UABC-Tijuana, 1994-95.
On-air host, "Telecommunication and Instructional Technology," a series of four two-hour interactive teleconferences received throughout Mexico and Latin America. International Training Center and KPBS-TV, SDSU. 1994 - 1995.
Project Director, Grant from Fred Hansen Institute for World Peace, "The Binational Communication Project: Mexico and the United States." 1993 - 1995.
On-air host. "Global Village" monthly issues and interview program, produced by Cox Cable and the International Center for Communication, SDSU, 1991 - 1993.
Project Director. Binational Communication Research and Collaboration. (1992) Faculty Research Grant, College of Professional Studies snd Fine Arts, SDSU.
Project Director and Executive Producer. Cooperative Learning Achievement in Media (CLAIM). (1988) Funded by San Diego County Cable Review Commission. To produce film "I Am Somebody" aimed for at-risk Chicano youths.
Project Director. Student Work Experience as Leverage to Learning (SWELL). CSU Academic Improvement Progam. August, 1987. To develop faculty support for academic internships and cooperative education.
Project Director. The Olympic Games and International Understanding. UNESCO Contract. December, 1984. To create a team of international scholars and edit their findings, a collection of 15 studies examining Olympic media coverage in 17 countries on 6 continents.
Project Director. Frontiers of Reason. San Diego County Cable Review Commission, September, t983. To develop Midweek television series on problems created by advances in science and technology. Additional grant from California Community Television Association.
Project Director. "Videotex and Education: Recent Developments in Great Britain." SDSU SummerFacultyFellowship, 1981.
Project Director and Executive Producer. Talkback. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), 1979-81. To produce 120 hours of live television progrsng, in 8-week courses, for senior adults, from KPBS-TV.
Project Director and Executive Producer. "Senior Spotlight." Public Access Cabletelevision by and for Elders (PACE), 1977-80. To produce 60 half-hour shows by and for senior sdults for cable transmission. Cablecast throughout San Diego County.
Excellence in Teaching Award for 1978, University of California at San Diego, Alumni Association.
Selected Outstanding Faculty Member, by Students of Third College, University of California, San Diego, 1976.
Director, Field Research, Nigeria and Liberia, West Africa, June - September, 1976; Peru, South America, July - August, 1974.

At SDSU Telecommunications and Film Writing Cinema as Art and Communication Theory and Criticism of Broadcasting and Film Socio-Cultural Aspects of Media Aesthetics of Film and Video Film Classics Documentary and Propaganda Film and Television Media and the Olympic Games Seminar in Research and Bibliography Seminar in the Development of Telecommunications Systems Seminar in the Research Process Seminar in Media Message Design


At Other Universities Introduction to Communication Mass Media and Public Opinion Popular Communication Non-Western Communication Cable Television Television Production Morality and Society

University committee service: Chair, College Peer Review; Chair, College Personnel Committee; Chair, School Critical-Cultural Task Force; Chair, Department Graduate Committee; and service on too many other committtees.