The Crossroads of Information, Interaction, Meaningfulness, and Fun: An Opening Thought and Remarks
My opening remarks from the 2020 National Communication Association Game Studies Interest Division’s Virtual Preconference.
A Narrative of My Professional Service
This post is the third in a series for my tenure file. The focus of this post is about the value of my professional service to the larger academic community.
The Future of News: Introduction, Review of Literature, and Research Questions
News and media organizations have been attempting to figure out their futures since the beginning of mass-produced journalism. One such example of sensing where the trends are going can be found in Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson’s 2004 video entitled, “EPIC 2014.” “EPIC 2014” (and the follow-up video “EPIC 2015”) tried to anticipate how markets …
NCA2018 Recap
Communication at Play was a beautiful theme for the National Communication Association 2018 annual conference (NCA2018). I thought the event as a whole was an excellent opportunity for scholars from various locations, academic backgrounds, and research practices to come together and celebrate what defines our discipline. This post is a brief overview of my experiences …
NCA Communication and the Future Interest Division By-Laws
NCA Communication and the Future Interest Division By-Laws ARTICLE I – OrganizationSection 1. The name of this division shall be the Division on Communication and the Future of the National Communication Association.Section 2. The organization may at its pleasure by a vote of the membership body change its name. ARTICLE II – PurposeThe following are …
WolframAlpha’s Future
I was made first aware of the WolframAlpha project by a couple of colleagues who were looking into artificial intelligence and were impressed with this new search engine that could understand questions and respond with natural responses. As of right now, all search engines have a tough time with translating natural language questions into data from analysis. …
Thoughts on the Future Imperfect
During the summer of 1996, I experience my first taste of freedom. Since I recently graduated high school, I had the summer to myself. There was no track or cross country practice. There was no band rehersals. It would be three months till I found a job. I had no responsiblities to anybody. So, I …