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The
Mary Junck Research Colloquium Series Fall 2008 |
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School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
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The colloquia meet
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Speaker |
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Sept. 4 |
Dr. David Weaver School
of Journalism
Indiana University |
Journalism Research in an Age of Globalization
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The past few decades have witnessed a definite upsurge in studies of journalism and journalists, not only in the U.S. but also in many other countries.…
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Sept. 11 |
Dr. Megan Lewis & Senior Research Scientist & Research Triangle Institute |
Tailored Health Messages for Couple-based Chronic Illness Management |
Tailored health communication has been proven as an effective way to deliver health information and enhance motivation for behavior change for a variety of health behaviors. It has never been used to educate couples about ways to work together to manage health risks.... Click here for complete abstract. |
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Sept. 18 |
Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication UNC-Chapel Hill
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Deciphering Dun & Bradstreet: Does the First Amendment Matter in Private Figure-Private Concern Defamation Cases? |
In Dun & Bradstreet v. Greenmoss Builders, 1985, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that private figure plaintiffs defamed during the discussion of matters of private concern do not have to prove…
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Sept. 25 |
Professor Department of Communication
Michigan State University |
Multiple-Agent Interfaces and the Influence Sources Who Comprise Them: A Communication-Theoretic Agenda for Web 2.0 |
Web 2.0 -- the "participatory web" -- frequently presents multiple agents simultaneously, e.g., videos and commentaries, sellers and customers, profile owners and their friends.... Click here for complete abstract |
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Oct. 2 |
Professor School of Information and Library Science UNC-Chapel
Hill |
What Patients Want from Their Personal Health Records |
Personal health records (PHRs) have the potential to empower people in managing their long term healthiness and in communicating effectively with their health care providers. Currently we have only... Click here for complete abstract |
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Oct. 9
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Professor
Department of Psychology
Ohio State University |
Self-Validation: The role of thought confidence in persuasion |
Prior research on persuasion has focused on several ways that variables such as a person’s emotional state could affect whether or not they were influenced. For example, one’s emotions could serve as a simple cue... Click here for complete abstract |
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Oct. 23
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Professor
Department of Communication
University of California-Santa Barbara
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Unusual Routines: Dysfunctional Organizational Feedback Systems |
Unusual routines are contradictory and frustrating subprocesses that inherently generate negative consequences for some organizations, system users... Click here for complete abstract |
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Nov. 6 |
Professor
Fuqua School of Business
Duke University |
Contagion, Other's Risks, and HIV: Downsides of Locus of Control |
This research asks how perceptions of control over one's health influence processing of communications about health risks and protection. In our experiments... Click here for complete abstract |
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Nov. 13 |
Associate Professor
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine |
The Mass Media and Social Capital in the Context of Health: Developing and Testing Theoretical Rationales
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Prior research on media campaigns has commented on the difficulty of influencing health outcomes via the dissemination of health behavioral recommendations.... Click here for complete abstract |
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Nov. 20 |
Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication UNC-Chapel Hill
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Southern Newspapers and the Ideology of Reform |
This project explores the nature of Southern newspaper treatment of antebellum reform to develop an understanding of the reform function of the newspaper... Click here for complete abstract |
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To see videos of previous colloquium presentations, load iTunes on your computer. Within the iTunes Store, click on "iTunes U." Under "Find Education Providers," click on "Universities and Colleges." Click on "UNC-Chapel Hill," and then click on "School of Journalism and Mass Communication." You will see a logo for the Mary Junck Colloquium Series, and clicking on that will lead to a list of available presentations. For a more direct route to the videos, search for "Mary Junck" from the iTunes store home page.
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