Samuel Ebersole received his BA from Southern California College and his MA and PhD from Regent University. Dr. Ebersole has been teaching television production since 1984 and has worked professionally for various broadcast and cable companies. For his work with NBC Sports in their coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, Ebersole was awarded two Emmy awards. Professor Ebersole has authored a textbook, several book chapters, and numerous scholarly articles. Since 2000 he has been a NATPE Faculty Fellow, an International Radio & Television Society Fellow, a Berglund Center for Internet Studies Fellow, and a recipient of the Stephen H. Coltrin Award for Excellence in Communications Education. His areas of interest and expertise are media effects, television documentary, audience research, and social media. Recently his students’ research on the topic of “fake news” was presented at national and international conferences, including The Web Conference 2018 in Lyon, France. His recent documentary about the Arkansas River aired on Rocky Mountain PBS in May of 2018. He is Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications at Colorado State University—Pueblo.