Professor Nancy Morris, BTMM and MMC, has been invited to give a keynote address at the Global Fusion 2010 conference at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on Oct. 22-24.
More information about the conference is available here.
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MMC announces program director change
Professor Matthew Lombard has been elected to a two-year term as director of the Mass Media & Communication (MMC) program. The MMC community owes a great debt of thanks to Professor Carolyn Kitch, who has served the program so well in that role for the last five years, and is now director of SCT’s Study Away programs.
Professor Pompper has article published in Journal of Research Practice
An article by Professor Donnalyn Pompper, STRC and MMC, has been published in the open access online Journal of Research Practice. The article is titled “Researcher-Researched Difference: Adapting an Autoethnogrpahic Approach for Addressing the Racial Matching Issue” and appears in a special issue dedicated to Autoethnography as Research Practice; it can be accessed here.
Alumna, Professor Lombard have article published
An article by Melissa E. Markaridian Selverian, BTMM ’99, MMC ’05, and Professor Matthew Lombard titled “Telepresence: A ‘Real’ Component in a Model to Make Human-Computer Interface Factors Meaningful in the Virtual Learning Environment” has been published in the journal Themes in Science and Technology Education. The article appears in a special issue (volume 2, number 1-2) on Virtual Reality in Education.
SCT dean, MMC student, visiting scholar have book chapter published
A paper by Interim Dean Tom Jacobson; Lingling Pan, MMC; and Li Meng, a visiting scholar from China, has been accepted for publication. “Universals and Particulars in Modernization: A Chinese Analysis Using the Theory of Communicative Action,” will appear in the book Intercultural Turn of Journalism and Communication, edited by Shan Bo and published by Shanghai Jiaotong University Press. The paper was originally presented at the 5th International Conference on Intercultural Communication in Wuhan, China, Dec. 9-10, 2009.
Professor Hobbs has opinion column published in Philadelphia Daily News
An opinion column by Professor Renee Hobbs, BTMM, MMC, has been published by the Philadelphia Daily News. “A Computer Doesn’t Make Kids Smart” appeared in July 19 edition of the paper and can be found here.
MMC alumnus Karl Horvath, Professor Lombard have article published
An article by Karl Horvath, TYL ’93, MMC ’06, and Professor Matthew Lombard, BTMM, MMC, has been published in PsychNology Journal. The article, ”Social and Spatial Presence: An Application to Optimize Human-Computer Interaction,” is in a special issue that features work originally presented at PRESENCE 2009, the 12th International Workshop on Presence, and includes an editorial introduction by Lombard.
The issue is online at http://www.psychnology.org/328.php.
Professor Alter participates in festival of contemporary art in Italy
Professor Nora Alter, FMA, MMC, participated in a panel titled “Thinking About Art: New Media Art” with Gertrud Koch, Paolo Rosa and moderator Pier Luigi Sacco at the OPERE/Works Festival of Contemporary Art in Faenza, Italy, May 21-23.
Details about the event are available here.
MMC students, faculty, alumni to present work at International Communication Association conference in Singapore
Many Mass Media & Communication students, faculty and alumni will present their work at the 2010 International Communication Association conference June 22-26 in Singapore.
• “Dialogue in Public Information Campaigns: A Communicative Action Approach to Evaluating Citizen Voice,” Interim Dean Thomas Jacobson; Leanne Chang, National University of Singapore
• “Ummah, Islam, and Nationalism: Dilemmas of Identity Negotiation in Contemporary Pakistan,” Satarupa Dasgupta, MMC
• “Urban Planning Unplugged: How Wireless Mobile Technology Is Influencing Design Elements in Seven Major U.S. Cities.” Associate Professor Jan Fernback; Gwen Lisa Shaffer, MMC
• “Combating Middle East Stereotypes Through Media Literacy Education in Elementary School,” Professor Renee Hobbs; Nuala Cabral, BTMM; Aggie Ebrahimi, FMA; Jiwon Yoon, MMC ’10; Rawia Al Humaidan, Kuwait University
• “Look at Us: Collective Narcissism in College Student Facebook Photo Galleries,” Associate Professor Andrew L. Mendelson; Zizi A. Papacharissi, University of Illinois
• “Media Literacy as a Constructive Intervention in Development Communication,” Jiwon Yoon, MMC ’10
• Panel: “Media Literacy Education in Asia: New Developments,” Jiwon Yoon, MMC ’10; Professor Renee Hobbs
• “The Function of Storysharing in Rebuilding Wenchuan Earthquake-Damaged Communities,” Assistant Professor Kaibin Xu