Anthony J. Ferri, Ph.D.

I am a Professor in the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism & Media Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway  Las Vegas, NV 89154   Phone: 895-1371 Office: Greenspun Hall (GUA) room 2143 anthony.ferri@unlv.edu

My recent research has been in media culture and film.  I have an article (co-authored with G. Borchard) about the function of entertainment in Ancient Rome and Las Vegas entitled

When in Las Vegas, Do as the Ancient Romans Did: Bread and Circuses Then and Now. The Journal of Popular Culture, in press

My book on Samuel Coleridge's concept as it applies to film viewing is:

Willing suspension of disbelief: Poetic faith in film.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_0_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=willing+suspension+of+disbelief&sprefix=Willing+su