Jay Blumler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jay Blumler

American academic

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1924

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: political scientist, sociologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jay Blumler (born 1924) is an American-born theorist of communication and media.
He is now Emeritus Professor of Public Communication at the University of Leeds, and also Emeritus Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland, having spent his early academic life largely in the UK. He was a political science graduate of Antioch College, and a doctoral student from 1947 at the London School of Economics.
He taught at Ruskin College, Oxford, before taking a position in Leeds in 1963, as Granada Television Research Fellow.