Communication Department News: Summer 2010
Here is what our faculty are up to at ICA Singapore:
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Hui-ching Chang- Paper: "Ideology of Differences": A Critique and an Alternative Approach, Time: Fri, Jun 25 - 11:30am - 12:45pm, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 314
- Paper: A Season in Syberia: Gameplay as Activity in Point-and-Click Adventure Video Games, Time: Wed, Jun 23 - 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 312
- Paper: China as the “Communist Bandits”: Evolution of Gongfei in Taiwan’s Identity Politics, Time: Fri, Jun 25 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Gallery
Jim Danowski- Paper: Automatic Mapping of Social Networks: Time Series Analysis of News Sentiment and Presidential Job Approval, Time:Fri, Jun 25 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm, Building/Room:SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Gallery
- Paper: Evolution of Arab Internet, Web, and Telecommunications as Predictors of 'Civil Society' Development, Time: Fri, Jun 25 - 8:30am - 9:45am, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 302
Zizi Papacharissi- Paper: Look at Us: Collective Narcissism in College Student Facebook Photo Galleries, Time: Fri, Jun 25 - 11:30am - 12:45pm, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 310
- Paper: The Uses and Affordances of Online Technologies: New(er) Ways of Understanding and Measuring Audience Activity on Networked Social Platforms, Time: Fri, Jun 25 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Gallery
- Participant: Cultural Research and Political Theory: New Intersections Time: Tue, Jun 22 - 9:00am - 5:00pm, Building/Room:: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 305
- Respondent: Individual-Level Influences: Journalists' Role Perceptions and Attitudes, Time: Thu, Jun 24 - 10:00am - 11:15am, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 202
Andrew Rojecki- Paper: Global Cities and the Illegal Immigration Debate, Time: Wed, Jun 23 - 8:30am - 9:45am, Building/Room: SUNTEC International Convention Centre / Room 303
Graduate Orientation
The Department of Communication Graduate Orientation is August 20th in BSB 1169, with the following schedule:
- 11:30-12:00 Introductions and Welcome
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch, with faculty and other graduate students
- 1-1:30: Degree overview with Director of Graduate Studies, Kevin Barnhurst
- 1:30-2:00 Department Resources with Christina Zimmerman, Mamie Gray, and Richard Doherty
- 2-3:00 Coffee/Tea with fellow GAs
- Afterward to Jak's Tap
Communication Faculty at AEJMC
- Sharon Meraz presented her work on "Redefining News Through Crowdsourcing the News Gatekeeping Function in Social Media News Aggregators" at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference in Denver, Colorado, in early August.