Cleveland State University
School of Communication
2121 Euclid Avenue
MU 233
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
1st & 2nd Floors
Music & Communication Bldg.
Phone: 216.687.4630
Fax: 216.687.5435
Web Content Contact
r.pitchford@csuohio.edu
216.687.5077
Web Technical Contact
Rick Pitchford
r.pitchford@csuohio.edu
216.687.5077
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Cheryl
Bracken, Ph.D.
Media Arts and Technology Division |
Expertise
Mass Media
Professional Experience & Community Activities
Cheryl Bracken began teaching at Cleveland State University since
2000, and focuses her research on exploring the psychological processing
of media content. She is intrigued with the strong impact that television
and other forms of media have on people’s lives.
Dr. Bracken’s work includes: “Presence and Image Quality: The Case of
High Definition Television” in Media Psychology; “Social Presence
and Children: Praise, Intrinsic Motivation, and Learning with Computers”
in Journal of Communication; “How Cosmopolites React to Messages:
America Under Attack” in Communication Research Reports; ”How Screen
Size Affects Perception: A Survey of Presence Evoking Technology in our
Living Room” in Visual Communication Quarterly; and in 2003, she
co-edited an issue of the journal Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual
Environments. She holds the firm belief that the screen size
of a television has a significant impact on the viewer’s perception and
changes their experience.
Education
Dr. Bracken holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Temple
University in Philadelphia and her B.A. in Broadcasting from the State
University of New York, Buffalo. She is originally from Buffalo, New York.
Dr. Bracken keeps busy with her four children, and tries to find time
for mystery novels.