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Drs. Butterworth and Schuck Present at Breaking Barriers Symposium

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On April 15, 2010, Drs. Michael Butterworth and Raymond Schuck from the School of Media and Communication participated in the Breaking Barriers Symposium: The Role of Baseball in Integration panel discussion on the African-American and Hispanic integration into Major League Baseball at Ohio Northern University.  They presented to an audience of around 65 people. Dr. Butterworth presented on representations linking Barack Obama and Jackie Robinson.  Dr. Schuck presented on opportunities lost by the means used to integrate major league baseball.

Success by SMC faculty and graduate students

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Communication Studies:  Volume 61 Issue 2

 

Original Articles

 

The Effects of Self-Construal and Religiousness on Argumentativeness: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Pages 135 – 155

Authors: Stephen M. Croucher; Deepa Oommen; Manda V. Hicks; Kyle J. Holody; Samara Anarbaeva; Kisung Yoon; Anthony T. Spencer; Chrishawn Marsh; Abdulrahman I. Aljahli

DOI: 10.1080/10510971003603994

Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1051-0974&volume=61&issue=2&spage=135&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,email

Lynda Dee Dixon continues to serve on the Sequoyah Commission for the Cherokee Nation

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Lynda Dee Dixon, Professor in the Department of Communication, is continuing to serve on the Sequoyah Commission for the Cherokee Nation. She was appointed  by the Principal Chief Chadwick “Corn Tassel” Smith. The commission has included special assistant to Chief Smith Chair Dr. Richard Allen;  Dr. Ellen Cushman (Writing, Rhetoric & American Culture, Michigan State University); Dr. Leslie Hannah (Professor and Director of the Cherokee Language Revitalization Program, Northeastern State University OK); Dr. Tom Holm (Emeritus Professor University of Arizona); and until her recent death, former Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller, first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation. The Commission members continue to develop plans as projected by Chief Mankiller for (1)  permanent archives– virtual and hard copy– of research by and about Cherokees from the past, present, and future and (2) language and culture undergraduate BA and graduate degrees at Northeastern State University. The first report was presented to the Chief last year (2009); the second report will be presented to the Chief at the Annual Homecoming for the Cherokee Nation, August 10. Each year in April and in August, Indian researchers submit research papers for review that if accepted will be presented at two American Indian conferences each year. The conference this April was “Fancy Dancing.”

Dr. Ha is “Emerging Media and Challenges in Chinese Communities” special issue editor for the Chinese Journal of Communication

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Dr. Ha is the “Emerging Media and Challenges in Chinese Communities” special issue editor for the Chinese Journal of Communication.  Papers will undergo a double blind peer review process.   Planned publication date is December 2010.

Launched in 2008 and published by Routledge, Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is an English language scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions. This special issue of the Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is to address the impact and nature of emerging media in Chinese communities or comparison with other countries or ethnic communities.  Emerging media is defined as message delivery vehicles achieving higher utilization among the general population, but has neither universally accepted technical standards for content transmission and display, nor established operation models such as revenue sources and content strategies.  Examples of emerging media are digital television, webcasting, podcasting, cellular phones, IPTV, blogs, social media and networking sites, etc. 

 China is at the forefront of emerging media.  The number of Internet users in China is the largest in the world and Chinese consumers are among the most avid users of media technologies.   The adoption of these media can have significant political, social, and economic implications on Greater China and present challenges to the current media industry structure there.  The use of the emerging media by overseas Chinese can reconnect them to the mainland and connect them to the Chinese around the world.

 Topics for papers could include, but are by no means limited to:

  1. Political, social or economic impact of emerging media on Greater China and other Chinese communities
  2. Public perception of emerging media and their role in politics and formation of public opinion
  3. Comparison of the use of emerging media between Chinese and non-Chinese markets
  4. Comparison of emerging media use in different Chinese markets
  5. Business models of emerging media in Chinese markets
  6. Market competition and management of emerging media in Chinese markets
  7. Comparison of  the use of different emerging media by Chinese consumers
  8. Policy and regulatory issues on emerging media in Greater China.
  9. Online advertising, online games, and Internet search services development in Greater China
  10. Audience measurement of emerging media in Greater China
  11. Methodological issues in studying emerging media in Chinese communities

  Both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the issue are welcome.  We especially encourage the collaboration of Chinese scholars and non-Chinese scholars to submit manuscript to this issue to facilitate exchange of ideas and offer cross-national perspectives on the issue.

 Submissions should conform to the editorial guidelines of the Chinese Journal of Communication to be found at http://www.informaworld.com/cjoc under “Instructions for Authors.” Papers for consideration in this special edition should be emailed to: louisah@bgsu.edu.

 Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is a refereed journal serving as an important international platform for students and scholars in Chinese communication studies to exchange ideas and research results. Interdisciplinary in scope, it examines subjects in all Chinese societies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and the global Chinese diaspora.  The journal will be published quarterly beginning 2010.

The CJoC welcomes research articles using social scientific or humanistic approaches on such topics as mass communication, journalism studies, telecommunications, rhetoric, cultural studies, media effects, new communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, advertising and PR, political communication, communications law and policy, and so on. Articles employing historical and comparative analysis focused on traditional Chinese culture as well as contemporary processes such as globalization, deregulation, and democratization are also welcome.

Published by Routledge, CJoC is institutionally based at the Communication Research Centre, the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong . For more information and submission instructions, please visit http://www.informaworld.com/cjoc

 

Congratulations to Christy Mesaros-Winckles, a doctoral student who has a paper accepted for publication!

Current Students, Faculty, Journalism

The paper I written by Doctoral Student Christy Mesaros-Winckles for COM 6400, “TLC and the Fundamentalist Family: A Quiverfull of Babies” was accepted by the Journal of Religion and Popular culture for publication. It’s an interdisciplinary/international journal published in Canada, and the journal is published online http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/.

Congrats to Kathryn “Kat” Sibio, an undergraduate TCOM student of Dr. Lori Liggett

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During Spring semester, 2009, the TCOM 260 class: “Writing for Electronic Media”  at Bowling Green State University, ran a “contest” to produce a :30 second public service announcement for the  National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northwestern Ohio Chapter.  The “prize” for the contest was to have the writer’s script produced to air on FOX Toledo, WUPW-TV.

BGSU graduate, Trisha Courtney-Tishler, Director of Media/MS Promotions, was to judge of the scripts and choose the one showing the most universal appeal to air year-round.  Fellow Alum and BGSU Adjunct Instructor, Dave Skorupski, Research Director for FOX Toledo, WUPW-TV, volunteered to produce the spot.

The “winning” script was written by (then) Sophomore student, Kathryn “Kat” Sibio, a student of Dr. Lori Liggett.

Sibio’s script was chosen because of its simplicity and reinforcement of the “Movement” theme used by the National MS Society.  The script emphasized the differences between being an active participant in life and sitting as an observer.  The script also drew attention to the relationship of MS patients to their families.

Due to scheduling difficulties, Sibio was unable to be present during taping of the PSA, but she was present for the editing process.  As she discovered, even though she envisioned her script to appear a certain way, additions, subtractions and other revisions were still necessary to complete the spot.  Some of the biggest surprises in production came in choosing video clips, music, graphic fonts as well as scene transitions.

These simple, yet complicated decisions, can play a major part in the mood and feel of the piece and should not be taken lightly.

Ph.D. Alum Dr. Joy Chao received 2009 Emerald/EMFD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

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Dr.  Joy Chao, the dissertation advisee of Dr. Louisa Ha and our Ph.D. graduate in 2008, received the 2009 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Leadership and Organization Development category for her dissertation titled,”Cultural values and anticipations of female leadership styles in non-profit organizations: A study of Rotary Clubs in Taiwan and the United States.” The dissertation excerpt will be published as an article in Leadership & Organization Development Journal. She’ll also receive a cash award of 1,500 pounds. Joy is now working as an assistant professor in the School of Communication in the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Congratulations – Dr. Joshua Atkinson’s new book published

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Dr. Atkinson’s book has just been published – Alternative Media and Politics of Resistace: A Communication Perspective, published by Peter Lang Publishing (http://www.amazon.com/Alternative-Media-Politics-Resistance-Communication/dp/1433105179/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260558744&sr=1-2-spell#reader_1433105179)

Dr. Michael Butterworth to serve on editorial board for the Journal of Sports Media

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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Butterworth!

Dr. Michael Butterworth has been asked to serve on the editorial board for the Journal of Sports Media. JSM received an honor from the Broadcast Education Association. At the BEA conference next April 15-17 in Las Vegas, one of the panels from the Sports Division will focus entirely on JSM authors discussing their research.

For those going to BEA, there are 12 panels in their newly-created Sports Division. If you’re interested, you can contact division chair Michael Bruce at Oklahoma Baptist, mike.bruce@okbu.edu. There’s more on the conference at: http://www.beaweb.org/staticcontent/staticpages/2010conv.htm.