It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2020 Game Studies Preconference, "The Crossroads of Information, Interaction, Meaningfulness, and Fun." I am Shane Tilton, the vice-chair elect for the Game Studies Interest Division. I am coming to you live from Ada, OH, and the campus of Ohio Northern University,...
An issue that I have with discussing an area of the tenure review like professional service is that I don’t perform those actions for the purpose of recognition. I, like others those that perform the most service for a discipline, an association, an interest division, or even a conference, do...
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”)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
