This article makes a content analysis of 148 research papers of Journalism & Mass Communication
Educator (2003-2012). The main aim of this paper is to find the state of American journalism and mass
communication education research. The paper comes to the conclusion that the research subjects are very
varied, and the discussions of education ideas are being reduced, the subjects of education institution/
teaching method/teaching content have increased; the American researchers are apt to use the quantitative
methods; the main aim of journalism and mass communication education lies in making students
to be masters in certain field; the researchers are international/multidisciplinary, but there are some
monopolizations in this education research field.