My last post discussed the four journalistic communities and the platforms journalists use to tell audiences the communities’ stories. These nexus of platforms formed the foundation of the Journalism Breakdown and developed the techniques that I used to teach journalists how to explain those communities’ realities to the broader population. I also provided a chart …
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 …
The third method that I used in my dissertation was the guided ethnography. The purpose of the post is to describe in some detail the process I used and the rationale why I followed this process. This section began at the end of the interview stage. The ethnography was designed to be discussed with the …
There is something about trying to pivot after one major project into the next endeavor that forces a person to reexamine their process and workflow. Some people will apologize to the imagined others for lack of progress or communication. It is the easiest method to create a clean break and start fresh. Others might stare …
(Writer’s note: I would like to apologize for the next series of posts, as they are going to deal with my dissertation and may be slightly technical. I’ll mark this post as a dissertation in the tags. Thanks in advance.) The development of a profile on an online social network begins with simple access to …
As Monty Python Flying Circus used to say, “Now for something completely different!” I am going to attempt to define two complex concepts and attempt to connect those concepts to the everyday world of social media. Those two terms are infotaxis and stigmergy. Both refer to a similar natural function, that is changing embedded information in an environment …
The last three months of the research process will be the virtual ethnography research method. I will talk to ten students from each of the universities based on the interview pool or if there is attrition in the pool, a new group of students from those who took the survey based on the selection protocol …
The first method that will be used for this triangulation study will be a survey designed to look at the overall superstructure that defines this online social network. This survey will be designed to observe the individual habits of first-year students with regards to their Facebook usage and the individual’s perception of status and self-worth …
The purpose of this proposal is to describe the focus of my dissertation, which will be observing incoming traditional first-year students to Midwestern universities, whose hometowns are small towns and see how those first-year students use Facebook as a coping mechanism. The paper will begin with an in-depth discussion of my research interest and a …
To expand on the themes of involvement and engagement, Arend (2004) looks at how technology not only presents more opportunities for student-faculty interactions but also how those interactions promote a deeper and richer understanding of the course material. However, there is very little additional research citing the effect of technology on the broader construct of …