Andrew Dickens, Brock University

Research

(1) Public economics (2) Mass media (3) Television (4) Education (5) Voter turnout (6) Competition (7) Public vs. private markets

Latest funding

Couch Potato or Social Butterfly? The Impact of Television Content on Social Capital
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$73,551

All 1 grants and awards

Couch Potato or Social Butterfly? The Impact of Television Content on Social Capital

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dickens, Andrew

Keywords: (1) Public economics; (2) Mass media; (3) Television; (4) Education; (5) Voter turnout; (6) Competition; (7) Public vs. private markets

$73,551

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) Public economics Dear Professor Dickens, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on (1) public economics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Couch Potato or Social Butterfly? The Impact of Television Content on Social Capital" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]