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Gajjala featured in South Asian Literary Association Newsletter for work #DHpoco
Dr. Gajjala was featured for her work on Digital Humanities Postcolonial (#DHpoco) along with collaborators from other institutions – Dr. Roopika and Dr. Rahul Gairola – in the South Asian Literary Association Newsletter over the Summer of 2014.See – http://cyberdiva.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/salaam-38.1-Summer-2014.pdf
FALL 2014: TCOM 3000 America’s Documentary Story To 1968
FALL 2014: TCOM 3000 America’s Documentary Story To 1968
Dr. Tom Mascaro, M/W 4:30-‐5:45 p.m.(mascaro@bgsu.edu)
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“What we are talking about is nonfiction as opposed to fiction, in no more or less than the way the terms are understood by book writers and periodical writers as far back as we can remember. To say that a documentary means to inform rather than to entertain, which is one distinction sometimes made, is meaningless and useless because if it does not entertain it will not attract attention, and if nobody watches it, it will not inform anybody.” —Reuven Frank
NBC Documentary Pioneer
Program Viewings/Subjects:
- Robert Flaherty & In the Year of the Hunter
- John Grierson’s British Social Documentary
- Newsreels: March of Time
- Depression Era Documentary Photos
- Depression Era Documentaries
- The River, The Plow That Broke the Plains
- WWII documentaries, Why We Fight
- 1950s, See It Now & McCarthyism
- ABC Close-‐Up, CBS Reports, NBC White Paper
- Cinéma vérité and Observational Forms
- Documentaries in the Kennedy Years
- David Brinkley’s Journal and magazine shows
- The Journals of Lewis and Clark reenactment
- Vietnam: It’s a Mad War and other Vietnam docs
- The Undeclared War in Central America
- Women Covering War, Judy Bird in Indonesia
- The Documentaries of Ted Yates
- 1968—the change year
Synopsis: America’s Documentary Story chronicles the relationship between the documentary form and American history. Students interested in media and documentary production will find this course provides a solid foundation for understanding how directors and producers have used the documentary to serve audiences— through subject selection, artistic interpretation, writing excellence, and by tackling popular and unpopular themes.
REQUIRED FOR THE DOCUMENTARY MINOR
TCOM senior Jimmi Gangwer received paid internship from Academy of Television (Emmy) foundation internship program in Losa Angeles
TCOM senior Jimmi Gangwer, received the paid internship from the highly competitive Academy of Television (Emmy) foundation internship program. She will work at SJ2 Entertainment in Los Angeles starting late June/early July in post-production.
TCOM faculty and graduate students to present 7 papers in 2014 AEJMC Conference in Montreal
Department of Telecommunications faculty (in bold) and graduate students (italics) will present 7 refereed competitive papers in 2014 AEJMC Conference in Montreal:
1. Ha, Louisa, Xu, Ying, Yang, Chen, Wang, Fang, Yang, Liu, Jiang, Weiwei, Abuljadail, Mohammad, Hu, Xiao and Gabay, Itay (2014). News Content Engagement or News Medium Engagement? A Longitudinal Analysis of News Consumption Since the Rise of Social and Mobile Media 2009-2012. Paper to be presented at the Mass Communication and Society Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 6-9.
2. Abuljadail, Mohammad, Yang, Liu, & Wang, Fang (2014). What Motivates Online Shoppers to “Like” Brands’ Facebook Fan Pages.
Paper to be presented at the Media Management and Economics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, , Montreal, Canada, August 6-9.
3. Lee, Yen-I & Tetteh, Dina (2014). Mobile Health Apps Use: The Role of Ownership, Health Efficacy and Motivation. Paper
to be presented at the Graduate Students Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 6-9.
4. Kim, J., & Park, Sung-Yeon (2014, August). The Effects of Generation Identity and Fit to Prototype on Hostile Media Perception and
Willingness to Speak. Paper to be presented at the Korean American Communication Association Session, Association for
Education in Journalism & Mass Communication Annual Conference, , Montreal, Canada
5. Yun, Gi Woong, Morin, David, Park, Sanghee, Joa, Claire, Labbe, Brett, Lim, J., Lee, S. & Hyun, D. (2014). Tweeting flu and setting agenda on Twitter network. Paper to be presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
6. Yun, Gi Woong, Park, Sanghee, Joa, Claire, Jiang, Jing, Ha, Louisa, Morin, David, & Lim, J. (2014). Local vs. Hyperlocal newspaper: Community actor perception, readership, and advertising effects. Paper to be presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
7. Morin, David & Yun, Gi Woong (2014). Peering over the ideological wall: Examining priming effects among political partisans. Paper to be presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Ellen Gorsevski explores lives of women Nobel Peace laureates in new book
In “Dangerous Women: The Rhetoric of the Women Nobel Peace Laureates,” published in February by Troubador Publishing, Dr. Ellen Gorsevski, an associate professor of communication at Bowling Green State University, examines the lives and enormous contributions of 15 women who used any nonviolent means of communication available to them to advocate for peace, often at great risk to themselves and their families.
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How to teach older adults to use tablets – Tips from BGSU students
Students in Dr. Kate Magsamen-Conrad’s Small Group Communication course share tips for teaching tablet workshops for older adults. Since Spring 2013, Students enrolled in small group communication courses at BGSU have been conducting classes to help the older adults better understand tablets (e.g., iPads, Kindles, Nooks, and Galaxys). Drawing from the framework of Intergroup Contact Theory, the ICI facilitates a series of systematic and supportive interactions between younger and older adults meant to reduce negative attitudes between the generations, facilitate the development of positive interpersonal relationships, and build skills important to both generations. Pre- and post-test survey results from the classes have indicated statistically significant improvement in trust and communication apprehension of older adults toward younger adults as well as statistically significant improvement in the attitudes of younger adults about diversity, disabilities, and civic intentions. In this series of tutorials, students who have been through the program answer questions the future students may have
Ha spoke on media ratings and media literacy in Toledo Blade article
Louisa Ha, Chair of Telecommunications, provided her opinion on media ratings in Toledo Blade article ran on April 27, titled, “Rating the Ratings: Some parents say current systems aren’t reliable.”
The Intergenerational Communication Intervention (ICI) Project Graduation
For six weeks, BGSU students have been showing more than 60 older adults how to use various kinds of technology. On April 16, 2014, these seniors “graduated” from the program at the Wood County Senior Center. The Intergenerational Communication Intervention (ICI) project was developed by Dr. Kate Magsamen-Conrad, an assistant professor of communication, in partnership with the Wood County Committee on Aging.
New Documentary Minor
History, Research, Theory, Criticism, Writing, Production
Classes begin Fall Semester 2014. REGISTER NOW:
TCOM 2900: Documentary Proposal Research & Writing
TCOM 3000: America’s Documentary Story Before 1968
No pre-requisites required for either TCOM 2900 or TCOM 3000.
For more information, contact Dr. Tom Mascaro: mascaro@bgsu.edu