Dr. Marilyn A. Lashner<br>Media Analysis & Communications Research

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Dr. Marilyn A. Lashner
Media Analysis & Communications Research

Address:
2401 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 14C-45
Philadelphia, PA 19130

Phone: 215-765-0165

Alt. Phone:

Fax: 215-765-0875

E-mail: MaLashner@aol.com

Web site:

Description of Service(s):

DEGREES:
Ph.D - Communications (Temple University)
M.S. - English/Education (University of Pennsylvania)
B.S. - English/Education (University of Pennsylvania)

EXPERIENCE:
By training and experience, I am a specialist in English syntax and linguistic analysis of communication content (i.e., content analysis). Formerly a university teacher, I am owner and principal researcher at the company, Media Analysis & Communications Research. My publications include a book and assorted articles in learned journals. I have been qualified as an expert on content analysis and have given testimony at trials and depositions.

SPECIALTIES:
My specialties include linguistic analysis of newspapers, television, books, letters, scripts, interviews, advertisements, catalogs, manuals, contracts, secretly taped conversations, other discourse, and more----to identify meanings, inferences, innuendoes, bias, damage to reputation, effectiveness of retractions, similarity to other documents, actual malice, copyright infringement, plagiarism, breach of contract, authorship, and fraud.

Documents are evaluated as to words, phraseology, grammar, syntax, rhetoric, juxtapositions, patterns, context, attributions, and other such factors of the linguistic environment.

APPLICATION:
Use for cases involving: LIBEL, SLANDER, INVASION OF PRIVACY, PREJUDICIAL PUBLICITY, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, PLAGIARISM, IDENTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP, INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS, other aspects of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, and CRIMINAL CASES involving secretly taped conversations.

SERVICES:
Forensic services include case evaluation, analyses and reports, discovery assistance, and testimony.

Research is valid for plaintiffs and defendants.

Categories:
BOOKS
CRIMINOLOGY
DEFAMATION
DEMONSTRATIVE
JOURNALISM
LIBEL
LANGUAGE SERVICES
PLAGIARISM
AUDIO - COMPREHENSION
COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS - MEANING
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
INVASION OF PRIVACY
LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
AUDIO TAPE ANALYSIS - COMPREHENSION / MEANING
VIDEO TAPES - COMPREHENSION / MEANING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - ANALYSIS
CONTRACTS - INTERPRETATION

Area(s) of Practice:

Audio-Tape Analysis/Authentication/Voice
Document Examination
Intellectual Property
Linguistic Analysis

States Serviced:

Nationwide

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