Assistant Professor Jan Lauren Boyles received an LAS/ELO Online Course Improvement Grant to redesign the online offering of JLMC 474. This month, Boyles is completing a book review for Newspaper Research Journal. For AEJMC, Boyles is planning a preconference for PhD students. In service, Boyles will also be serving as a judge for the Iowa … Continue reading Boyles receives grant to redesign JLMC 474 online class
Lecturer Michael Wigton notes that his Social Media for Advertisng/PR has created and is managing a new Twitter account this semester: @GreenleeNews. Each student will manage the posts for a day. Objective is to engage all Greenlee students in reading news of interest to them in advertising, PR and current events. Please give us a … Continue reading Wigton shares teaching updates
Associate Professor Jay Newell sends this good news: Ad majors Emily Belloma and Leslie (Su Jung) Lee were both named Washington Media Fellows by the Washington Media Scholars Foundation. This organization promotes the field of political advertising with competitions and scholarships. Emily and Su Jung both received scholarships, and will be participating in the 2017 … Continue reading Newell reports student success, agency collaborations
Assistant Professor Tracy Lucht notes that she has been reflecting on the hybrid version of JLMC 461, History of American Journalism, that she developed and taught for the first time during the fall semester. “I included some of the lessons I learned in an article, titled ‘Teach J-History Online to Improve Information Literacy,’ for the … Continue reading Lucht reports recent publication, guest speaker
Associate Professor Suman Lee reports two research items: Kim, B., & Lee, S. A time-series analysis for testing “integrated public diplomacy” model: Japan’s public diplomacy in the U.S. from 1996 to 2014 and its effects. ICA Public Diplomacy Interest Group. Shin, H., & Lee, S. Epidemic and risk communication: An analysis of strategic and graphic … Continue reading Lee reports latest research
Assistant Professor Su Jung Kim reports the following: Research: Her second-authored paper (co-authored with Dr. Anke Wonneberger, University of Amsterdam), "TV news exposure of young people in changing viewing environments: A longitudinal, cross-national comparison using Peoplemeter data", has been published in the International Journal of Communication. One manuscript and one extended abstract have been accepted … Continue reading Kim reports research, teaching and service news
Undergraduate Director Raluca Cozma reports the following: ICA 2017 paper acceptance: “Social media as information subsidy in the news coverage of the Syrian crisis: A cross-national analysis” co-authored with Claudia Kozman. A chapter on public interest in foreign policy leading up to the Iowa caucuses has been accepted for an edited book titled “The Presidency … Continue reading Cozma reports paper acceptances, publications
Professor Michael Bugeja was a panelist in a university-wide Department Chair Workshop titled “Free Speech, Hate Speech, or Safe Speech? What the First Amendment Really Protects on a University Campus.” His proposal for the iScore conference in March was accepted, concerning how to deal with trigger warnings and microaggressions, based on his recent article in … Continue reading Bugeja reports recent publications, guest lectures
Assistant Professor Jan Lauren Boyles had a paper accepted this month for ICA’s preconference on "Data and the Future of Critical Social Research." Boyles is serving (along with Mack Shelley and Joshua Rosenbloom) as co-PI on an NSF grant application, which looks at data-driven decision making and information flows/networks within rural communities. If funded, the … Continue reading Boyles reports research, teaching, service updates
Lecturer Michael Wigton advises Happy Strong Healthy, which just published its third issue. “Please join us for a release party Thursday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Speer Room at Reiman Gardens,” he writes. “It is free and open to the public.” Also, Merry Rankin (ISU Director of Sustainability) recently recognized and thanked the … Continue reading Wigton nominated to serve on University Committee of Fraternities and Sororities