David Altheide, PhD,nbsp; http://www.public.asu.edu/~atdla/ is Regents' Professor in the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University, where he has taught for 35 years.nbsp; His work has focused on the role of mass media and information technology in social control. Dr. Altheide received the Cooley Award three times, given to the outstanding book in symbolic interaction, from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction: In 2007 for Terrorism and the Politics of Fear (2006); in 2004 for Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis (2002); and in 1986 for Media Power (1985). Dr. Altheide received the 2005 George Herbert Mead Award for lifetime contributions… from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, and the society's Mentor Achievement Award in 2007.
Robert Snow has spent a lifetime in aviation and is the author of numerous magazine articles on the subject. His interest in Irish current events stems from a visit to the republic in 1988. The "Troubles," as the conflict in Northern Ireland is known there, appeared fairly frequently in the news throughout the eighties and became the inspiration for Belfast Morning. Robert is retired, but still flies small airplanes. He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife Maria.