Brian Maston

Brian Maston is a media and communications expert, and consultant based both in New York and Amsterdam. Brian specializes in media innovation, management communication, and negotiation strategies. In addition to his academic work, Brian is a communications consultant for European companies with business in the United States.

He focuses on intercultural communication, decoding verbal and tonal cues, bargaining and deal execution, and the role of status and hierarchy in communication.

Brian has also lectured extensively in Film Studies and Media Studies/Journalism programs. He is a classic film lover, and he coordinated a documentary film course, and a film festival in the Netherlands for many years. His current interests in the field of Media Studies are the role of media in politics, and the attention economy.