College of Information and Communications
Faculty and Staff
Larry J. Webster, Jr.
| Title: | Adjunct Faculty |
| Department: | School of Journalism and Mass Communications College of Information and Communications |
| Email: | webstelj@email.sc.edu |
| Office: | School of Journalism and Mass Communications 800 Sumter Street, Room 227 Columbia, SC 29208 |
Education
B.A., Theatre and Speech, University of South Carolina
M.A., Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
Ph.D. , Mass Communications, University if South Carolina
Background
Corporate Communications Manager, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.
Research
Larry Webster focuses on media use such as parental mediation of children's movie
viewing and the effects and motivations of Television Binge Viewing. In his dissertation,
he created the Binge Viewing Index, a continuous measure for the binge behavior.
Because of his extensive experience in health care communications, Webster also has
research interests in health messaging and education.