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    NCA San Francisco Live Blog

    I will be live blogging from the NCA Convention in San Francisco Nov. 14-17. 11/17/10 5:12PM – I went to Fisherman’s Warf for seafood and then walked all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge. That was about a two mile walk. I tried to...

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    Electronic Media Fast

    Anxiety and disorientation are the main two words to describe an electronic media fast. I recently undertook this adventure for my New Media Theory course. How did I ever live without a cell phone? How did I ever live without a computer? Have I ever...

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    Let’s burn some books!

    It’s banned book week in America and the Robert R. Muntz Library at the University of Texas at Tyler has joined the celebration of the First Ammendment. Right now at the library you can see a display of works that have been taken from bookshelves....

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  • Press Release: Partisanship Influences Perceptions of Communications from Government Agencies

    Press Release: Partisanship Influences Perceptions of Communications from Government Agencies

    Government agencies have long distributed prepackaged “video news releases,” or VNRs, to media outlets, as part of their mission to keep the public informed about their policies and activities. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that distributing VNRs without clearly identifying the...

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  • Press Release: Fulbright Scholar Program for 2011-2012 Open

    Press Release: Fulbright Scholar Program for 2011-2012 Open

    The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 35 awards in teaching, research or combined teaching/research in communications, including four Fulbright Distinguished Chairs. Even better, faculty and professionals in communications also can apply for one of the 175 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields. What does Fulbright...

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  • Press Release: AEJMC Supports Net Neutrality

    Press Release: AEJMC Supports Net Neutrality

    The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) urges the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules preserving open and nondiscriminatory access to the internet. The debate about network neutrality is complex and contentious, but we wish to address a specific myth advanced by...

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  • Texas Tech University Professor Summarizes Theories

    Texas Tech University Professor Summarizes Theories

    I recently stumbled upon a great resource from Texas Tech University professor Brian Brown. It is a web page that summarizes a few of the predominant theories in Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Group, Organizational, and Mass Communication. You can access the web page by clicking here. Share/bookmark...

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  • Call for Entries: Theory Section

    Call for Entries: Theory Section

    The theories section of the website is still a little bare right now. I have been working to get as many links to relevant communication theories posted, but as you can imagine this is a significant task. If you have any links or have written...

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  • University of Iowa Communication Studies Resources

    University of Iowa Communication Studies Resources

    This is a very extensive collection of online resources for communication studies. What it lacks in organization it well makes up for in relevance. Access it by clicking here. Share/bookmark this

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