Dr. Guosong Shao is Assistant Professor of Communication at Pittsburgh State University. He obtained a PhD in Communication and Information Sciences from the University of Alabama, his research interests include new media, media law and policy, media economics and managament, and political communication. Shao has published more than 15 journal articles in those areas during the past 3 years. Prior to entering his doctoral studies, Dr. Shao worked as a communications/marketing specialist for a Fortune Global 500 company in New York City.