Congratulations to Stephen Croucher who was elected to a three year term as editor of Speaker & Gavel, the official journal of Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha (DSR-TKA). The journal currently publishes one online issue a year but is prepared to go to two issues a year. The journal’s call is very inclusive as it publishes: “refereed articles addressing all aspects of communication theory and practice.” We are so proud to have this journal housed in the School of Media and Communication.
Category Archives: Faculty
Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett has been invited by the European Alliance of News Agencies to speak
Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett has been invited by the European Alliance of News Agencies to speak at a conference entitled “News Agencies: Concerns – Challenges” to take place November 15- 16 in Limassol, Cyprus. The conference brings together CEOs and other leaders of member agencies of EANA (Europe), ANAM (Mediterranean) and OANA (Asia-Pacific) news agency associations. Dr. Boyd-Barrett will be talking on News Agencies in the Turbulent Age of the Internet.
Drs. Louisa Ha and COMM faculty Canchu Lin’s Blackboard research project results published in two journals
- 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
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
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
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
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 is serving as special issue editor for Chinese Journal of Communication
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
Congratulations to Dr. Ha and Dr. Yun for their research grants
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
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.