Thomas R. Lindlof has been on the faculty of the University of Kentucky since 1984 and is currently a Professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. He received his B.A. from the University of Florida, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

His research on the media audience, communication technologies, interpretive methodology, and cultural problems in media has been published in many communication journals and edited volumes.

Most recently, he is co-author of the second edition of Qualitative