Research Program: Prevention & Etiology
Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

fanxx002@umn.edu
612-624-4718 — office

Research Interests

The impact of persuasive information from media on cancer-related public knowledge. Methodologies: computer content analysis of the texts of news stories, Internet content, and open-ended survey questions; mathematical trend modeling.

Selected Publications

Harwood EM, Witson JC, Fan DP, Wagenaar AC. Media advocacy and underage drinking policies: a study of Louisiana news media from 1994 through 2003. Health Promot Pract. 2005 Jul;6(3):246-57.

Webb, Trevor J. and Bengston, David N., and Fan, David P. Forest value orientations in Australia: an application of computer content analysis. Environ Manage. 2008 Jan;41(1):52-63. Epub 2007 Sep 5.

Fan, David P. (2008) Cumulative Media Effects. In The International Encyclopedia of Communication (Vol 3, pp 1141-1143). Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley.