Category Archives: Publications and Presentations

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