Joseph Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries Emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communication. He is an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association and received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association.
Turow has authored thirteen books, edited five, and written more than 160 articles on mass media industries. His nine national surveys of the American public on issues relating to marketing, new media, and society have received significant attention in both the popular press and the research community.
In 2026, the University of Chicago Press will publish his new book, The Problem with Personalization: How Advertisers Learned to Make and Break Us from Ancient Times to AI. Additionally, Routledge will publish the ninth edition of his textbook, Media Today: Mass Communication in a Converging World. Turow’s books have been translated into Chinese, Turkish, Korean, and Serbian.
