One of the reasons I tend to return to the Theorizing the Web conference is that it represents this cool hybrid between an academic conference, a performative space, a professional development hangout, & a grad/undergrad research workshop. It has the trappings of the traditional conference with semi-structured panels and experts in various areas discussing the observations to …
April 14, 2015 District 7 8:13 Jim Crandall started the District 7 meeting and handed out the “Lucky 7” stickers 8:16 The members present introduced themselves. There were a total of 11 people in the room. 8:20 Jim brought up the idea to include small colleges into District 7. What defines a small college? We …
In addition to working on my SxSW proposals for 2016, two conference presentations, and the various other academic pieces I written in the past six weeks, I have also been hired in by Geek Bar DLC to be a quasi “academic-in-residence” and write a series of articles. This assignment was kicked off by my article that I wrote …
The following was my panel pitch for the 2016 SxSWEDU Conference Ohio Northern University (ONU) created a new program “Multimedia Journalism” as a response to the change the media economy. Part of this change meant folding the local campus newspaper (Northern Review) into the rest of the media at ONU and publishing a digital edition, instead …
According to the Brookings Institution (2004) and several other key economic and technology thinktanks, there is a notable skills gap occuring in the marketplace that is affecting businesses (especially businesses in the tech sector) in their ability to find skilled employees to fill entry & mid-level job openings. This session is designed to discuss and …
The following post represents the proposed by-laws for the new Game Studies interest divisions in the National Communication Association. I drafted this language to be reviewed by the membership of the division before NCA2014.
The following post represents the minutes for the 2014 Two-Year/Small College Interest Division for the Broadcast Education Association.
Facebook is one of the more popular online social networks that took advantage of the computer-mediated communication (CMC) services such as instant messaging, forums and direct messaging with publication services such as blogging and sharing of content to form a service that connected the members within the system to each other. This ability to connect …
Since the completion of my dissertation, the only step left is to submit my research for award consideration. Name of Award Association Date of Conference Location of Conference Status Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award Broadcast Education Association April 7-10, 2013 Las Vegas, NV Won Herbert S. Dordick Award International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Section …
This weekend, I was asked to moderate a panel at the Theorizing the Web conference (#TtW13) in New York City. During this time, I had to write down the key points of the panel and post them on Twitter. In addition, I wanted to respond to the panelists’ points and add some analysis to the work. Like …