Donald Shaw is an American journalism historian, theorist, and author, a retired U.S. Army Reserve officer, and writer who taught 46 years at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He also has been visiting professor at six other universities and has lectured at more than 20 universities in the United States and abroad. As a scholar he is best known for his work, with Max McCombs of Texas, about the agenda setting function of the press and for his studies of 19th and 20th century American and Southern press history. He is author or co-author of ten books and many scholarly articles and papers, several of which have been presented in other countries.
