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The
Mary Junck Research Colloquium Series Spring 2008 |
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School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
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The colloquia take
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Abstract |
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Jan. 24 |
Prof. Suzanne Gordon School
of Nursing University
of Maryland |
Who and What Counts in the Media's Coverage of Health
Care |
Many
changes are occurring in health care and these changes have an impact on
patient outcomes … Click here for complete abstract. |
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Feb. 7 |
Assistant
Professor School
of Journalism and Mass Communication UNC-Chapel Hill |
Computer-aided Text Analysis in Business, Politics and Media:
History, Theory, and Empirical Evidence with DICTION 5.0 |
Computer
aided text analysis has become widely accepted in the social sciences. This
presentation reviews … Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Feb. 14 |
Assistant
Professor Rotterdam
School of Management, Netherlands |
The Boomerang Effect Of
CSR Promotion Campaigns During Corporate Crises |
Companies often emphasize their corporate social
responsibility (CSR) in their communication… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Feb. 21 |
Professor E.W.
Scripps School of Journalism Ohio
University |
George Padmore of the
Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender: A Decidedly Different World War
II Correspondent |
George
Padmore was one of twenty-seven war correspondents
for black newspapers in World War II … Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Feb. 28 |
Professor Department
of History UNC-Chapel
Hill |
Researching Censorship: Censoring Sex: A Historical
Journey Through American Media as a Model |
In this talk, Dr. Semonche
will weigh the pros and cons of viewing his recent book as a model for… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Mar. 6 |
Associate
Professor College
of Communications Penn
State University |
"Girls With a Passion
for Fashion": The Bratz Brand as Integrated
Spectacular Consumption |
This presentation examines different media and
merchandise featuring the "tween" girl
brand Bratz… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Mar. 20 |
Associate
Professor School
of Library and Information Sciences North
Carolina Central University |
Cancer Patients’ Information Needs and Information Sources: A
Quantitative Meta synthesis (1993-2003) |
A quantitative meta-synthesis of literature on
cancer patients’ information needs and information sources… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Mar. 27 |
Associate
Professor Department
of Communication Studies UNC-Chapel
Hill |
Terrorism as Media Event:
Terrorist and Insurgent Strategies for Manipulating the Western Press |
The current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the
conflict against Islamist terrorism globally, are unique… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Apr. 3 |
Assistant Professor Department of Psychology UNC-Chapel Hill |
Transportation
into Narrative Worlds |
"Transportation into a narrative
world" is the experience of becoming completely immersed into the world… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Apr. 10 |
Professor Leuven
School for Mass Communication Research, Belgium |
School Commitment,
School Achievement and Media Use in Early Adolescence: A Typology of Student
Groups |
Education is frequently cited as one of
the main variables structuring the media audience. However… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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Apr. 17 |
Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished
Professor School of Information and Library Science UNC-Chapel Hill |
Digital Video: From
Digital Libraries to Social Interaction |
Moving images have powerful effects on humans but
we do not understand much about these effects… Click
here for complete
abstract. |
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If you would like additional details/information Sriram "Sri" Kalyanaraman |
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