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Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig here on Dec. 2

gyun — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:34:51 +0000

Harvard Law professor, Creative Commons founder and free culture activist Lawrence Lessig will be on campus Dec. 2.

Lessig has spent his career battling overly restrictive copyright regulation in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and in the U.S. Congress. He’ll address his role in the copyright wars and his new role as head of Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics. There, he is focusing on questions of governance, corruption and the growing use of private money in public institutions.

Thanks to Tech Trends, the Dept. of Journalism and Public Relations, the School of Media and Communication, the College of Technology, the Dept. of American Cultural Studies, BGeXperience, the Dept. of Telecommunications and the Dept. of English for supporting his visit.

His lecture, titled “From Copyright to Corruption and Back Again,” will be at 7 p.m. in the BTSU theatre. All are welcome.

Drs. Louisa Ha and COMM faculty Canchu Lin’s Blackboard research project results published in two journals

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:30:55 +0000

Drs. Louisa Ha (TCOM) and Canchu Lin’s (COMM) universitywide study of the BGSU Blackboard system is published and in press in two prestigious referee scholarly journals: Journal of Higher Education and Journal of Computer Information System. The former journal is the top academic journal in higher education and the latter is the identified as an A* journal in Information Systems by the Excellence in Research in Australia.

Lin, C., & Ha, Louisa (2009). Subculture and use of a communication information technology in higher education institutions. Journal of Higher Education, 80 (5), 564-590.

Lin, C. and Louisa Ha (in press). “Subculture, Critical Mass, and Technology Use,” Journal of Computer Information Systems.

Drs. Yun and Park’s research on online posting to be published in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:06 +0000

Drs. Yun and Park’s article, “Selective posting: Willingness to post a message online,” has been accepted and will be published in the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication.

Dr. Rosati’s new article published in Human Geography

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:57:10 +0000

Rosati, Clayton and Mitchell, Don. (2009). “‘Live Monster’: Black Friday and the All-Consuming City.” Human Geography, 2(1).

Dr. Ha to attend the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Faculty Seminar in LA

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:52:26 +0000

Dr. Louisa Ha was selected to be the faculty fellow to attend the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Faculty Seminar in Los Angeles from November 10-14, 2009 where she’ll meet with many different broadcast and cable network executives on the latest in the production, management and programming in the TV industry. She’ll also meet with TCOM alumni in LA during her trip.

Jose Cardenas is featured in Student Filmmaker Magazine

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:46:32 +0000

Jose Cardenas is the featured filmmaker in the current issue of the Student Filmmaker magazine. See the article in the School showcase under TCOM.

Dr. Ha keynote speaker to Toledo Women’s Bar Association Luncheon on September 30

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:27 +0000

Dr. Louisa Ha was invited as the keynote speaker for the annual kick-off luncheon of Toledo Women’s Bar Association on September 30, 2009. Her speech to over 70 lawyers and judges was titled, “New Media as Business Opportunities for Women Lawysers.”

Dr. Ha is serving as special issue editor for Chinese Journal of Communication

louisah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:47 +0000

In addition to her associate editorship of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Dr. Louisa Ha is serving as guest editor for the Chinese Journal of Communication for its special issue on “Emerging Media and Challenges in Chinese Communities” to be published the end of 2010. Read the call for papers at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t778749995

Dr. Srinivas Melkote on FIL in India

louisah — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:22:16 +0000

Dr. Srinivas Melkote is on Faculty Improve Leave in India this fall. He is a visiting professor at SN School of Communication, University of Hyderabad, India.

3 TCOM faculty received university service-learning grants

louisah — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:14 +0000

Three TCOM faculty members: Jose Cardenas, Dr. Lori Liggett and Dave Moody received the 2009-10 university service learning grants of $3,000 each person. TCOM department is the only department in the university that have 3 faculty members received three service learning grants at the same time. Jose Cardenas and Dr. Liggett will work on Centennial celebration video and writing projects and Dave Moody’s project will be implemented in his Chapman Learning Community and TCOM2700 Minorities in Film/Video class.

Congratulations to Dr. Ha and Dr. Yun for their research grants

gyun — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:05:55 +0000

Dr. Ha and Dr. Yun were awarded with grants from Toledo Blade and BGSU SPAR office.

This research project consists of two parts. The first one is a Northwest Ohio newspaper and media use tracking study for three consecutive years. The second one is a study of netbook distribution as a new newspaper business model.

Dr. Park and Dr. Yun’s new publication in Communication Research

gyun — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:59:26 +0000

New publication by Dr. Park and Dr. Yun

Park, S., McSweeney, J., & Yun, G. (2009) Intervention of eating disorder symptomatology using educational mass communication messages. Communication Research, 36(5), 677-697.

Abstract
This study explored an intervention of body image disturbance by employing short educational messages. A public service announcement (PSA) comprised of a realistic body image photo and a text emphasizing genetic diversity of body types improved young women’s body satisfaction, although it did not affect the size of ideal femalebody norm. A variation of the PSA, an alignment ad, generated a similarly positive effect on body satisfaction. The alignment ad, in comparison to a control, also increased the size of ideal female-body norm. At the same time, these positive main effects were mostly due to the gains in body satisfaction and the size of ideal female-body norm by women whose body satisfaction was relatively undamaged to begin with. For women who were already suffering from low body satisfaction, the educational messages interacted with the predisposition to further deteriorate body satisfaction and the norm of ideal female body. Theoretical implications of these effects were discussed and practical suggestions were made for healthy body image advocates.

Blog post by BGSU student in Hong Kong

gyun — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:30:27 +0000

Read a blog post by an exchange student from BGSU who is currently at Hong Kong Baptist University.

http://blogs.bgsu.edu/smchkep/2009/09/20/a-message-from-jessica-ward/

Jason Jackson, a four-time Emmy winner and alum, guest lecture

gyun — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:38:59 +0000

Jason Jackson, a 1994 TCOM alum, will speak at 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. WH121 on October 2 (Friday) to the TCOM2600 class and all are welcome to attend.

Jason is a courtside reporter for HEAT telecasts on Sun Sports. Jackson, a four-time Emmy winner, is a versatile broadcasting veteran of over 18 years. He currently hosts The Jax Show on Sports Radio 560 WQAM, and for three seasons (2004-2007) Jackson hosted the post-game coverage for Miami Dolphins’ radio broadcasts

From 1995-2002, Jackson was an anchor/reporter at ESPN. He anchored NBA 2Night, NBA Matchup and co-hosted ESPN Radio’s Gameday. Jackson served as host for ESPN’s coverage of the NBA All-Star Game and the NBA Finals from 1997-2002. He was also a regular contributor to SportsCenter, ESPNews and ESPN.com’s NBA page.

When he was at BGSU, he was news director, anchor and a talk show host at WFAL-AM and WBGU-FM.

Dr. Louisa Ha and Doctoral Student Primus Igboaka’s article received Special Commendation Award for Research of value to the developing world

louisah — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:24:56 +0000

Emerald Literati Network

2008 Awards for Excellence

Louisa Ha, Raphael Okigbo and Primus Igboaka’s article titled, “Knowledge creation and dissemination in Sub-Saharan Africa,” published in Management Decision in 2008 has been chosen for a Special Commendation for Research of value to the developing world at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009. Every year Emerald invites each journal’s Editorial Team to nominate what they believe has been that title’s Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended Papers from the previous 12 months. The award winning papers are chosen following consultation amongst the journal’s Editorial Team, many of whom are eminent academics or managers. Your paper has been selected as it was one of the most impressive pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2008.

Further information regarding the Awards for Excellence can be found at the following site:

www.emeraldinsight.com/literati

New SCS Newsletter has been released

gyun — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:53:04 +0000

New SCS Newsletter (Feb, 2009) has been released

Click here to download the new SCS newsletter

Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett’s recent publications and invitations

mnagel — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:33:33 +0000

Oliver Boyd-Barrett: Publications

Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett published the following articles towards the close of 2008:

Boyd-Barrett, O. (2008) News agency majors: Ownership, Control and Influence Revisited, Journal of Global Mass Communication, Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 57-71

Boyd-Barrett, O. (2008) News agencies, history of, in Wolfgang Donsback (Ed), Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication, Wiley-Blackwell

Boyd-Barrett, O. (2008) Jeremy Tunstall: The media were American: US mass media in decline, Global Media and Communication, Volume 4(2): 201-207

Rantanen, T. and Boyd-Barrett, O. (2008) Global and national news agencies , in A. De Beer and J. Merrill (eds) Global Journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems, 5^th Edition, pp. 33-47

Oliver Boyd-Barrett: Invitations

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is invited by the News Agency of Catalonia (ACN), Spain, to publish an edited volume on the future of national and regional news agencies, in recognition of the tenth anniversary of this predominantly internet news agency, covering the most prosperous region of Spain. The book will be published by EADOP (Generalitat de Catalunya).

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is invited Keynote Speaker at the Conference on Communication Technologies and Social Change, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in March.

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is invited to offer a video-conference presentation to graduate students of the International Communication program at UNITEC, in Auckland, New Zealand in April.

Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Srinivas Melkote are invited by the Assistant Direct General of Communication and Information, UNESCO, to proceed with a suitable collaborative arrangement with an African partner to be identified among UNESCO-designated Potential Centres of Excellence in Journalism.

Education about DTV transition lacking in Ohio

mnagel — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:16:28 +0000

Monitor article:

http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/02-09-09/page61051.html

Dr. Ha attendee for Competitive Summit

shafera — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:11:55 +0000

Dr. Louisa Ha will attend an invitation-only Competitive TV Summit by Broadcasting and Cable Magazine with 36 TV, industry leaders on the future of TV business in Orlando, Florida, March 4-5. She is one of two invited academic attendees of the summit.

Dr. Park’s paper ranked 1st in Conference

shafera — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:42:19 +0000

Telecommunications Professor Dr. Sung-Yeon Park received first place for her paper in the Intergroup Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association 2009 Conference in Chicago last May.

Her paper, “Explicating Mediated Intergroup Contact: A synthesis of the intergroup contact theory and media stereotype research,” came from her Peace Conference presentation last Fall.