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Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell

Professor, Rinehart Chair in Mediated Communication

campbell.2844@osu.edu

Scott W. Campbell

Professor, Rinehart Chair in Mediated Communication

Scott W. Campbell, Ph.D. is Professor and Rinehart Chair in Mediated Communication in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University. He is also a Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA), Vice Chair of ICA’s Mobile Communication Division, and an Associate Editor for Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Scott’s research explains the social uses and consequences of mobile media and communication. He has published some of the earliest journal articles in Communication on how, why, and where people use mobile phones, including several studies on implications of mobile communication for civic life, and the first national study of teens and mobile phones in the US (with Pew). Scott has also edited volumes and written extensively on developments in the field of Mobile Media and Communication, including theoretical developments. Scott’s work on the social psychology of mobile media examines the roles of habit, automaticity, consciousness, and connection cues in explaining uses and consequences. Scott’s work on anytime-anywhere connectivity has led to an interest in solitude, reconceptualizing what solitude is, how it is experienced and its consequences for well-being in the digital era. As you can see from his GoogleScholar site, Scott has also published in a number of other topics, including some foundational studies on sexting.  

After working in the mobile communication industry during the 1990s, Professor Campbell earned a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at the University of Kansas in 2002. He was then Assistant Professor of Communication at Hawaii Pacific University (2002-2005) and Pohs Professor of Telecommunication at the University of Michigan (2005-2024).