Stephen A. Banning researches media theory and effects in general and the third-person effect in particular. Banning has published articles in American Behavioral Scientist, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication & Society, Newspaper Research Journal, Communication Quarterly, Communication Research Reports, Visual Communication Quarterly, Journalism History, Journal of Applied Communication, American Journalism and Journal of Advertising Education. Banning worked professionally in radio, television, public relations and advertising before coming to academia. He currently teaches advertising courses in addition to a variety of others. He reviews for a number of scholarly journals and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. A recent project includes guest editing a special issue of Mass Communication & Society, celebrating the third-person effect hypothesis’ twenty-fifth anniversary.