Professional

Shane Tilton

March 30, 2013

Dissertation Award World Tour

Since the completion of my dissertation, the only step left is to submit my research for award consideration. Name of AwardAssociationDate of ConferenceLocation of ConferenceStatusKenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation AwardBroadcast Education AssociationApril 7-10, 2013Las Vegas, NVWonHerbert S. Dordick AwardInternational Communication Association, Communication and Technology SectionJune 17-21,2013London, EnglandNominatedAoIR 2013 Dissertation AwardAssociation of...

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Research

Shane Tilton

April 1, 2009

Twitter and its Impact on American Governance

I was happy that one of my articles was selected for Communication Currents, an amazing produced by the National Communication Association. Communication Currents is an online web magazine of the National Communication Association. This site is designed to translate current communication scholarship published in scholarly journals of the National Communication Association. Working from recently-published...

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The San Diego skyline at night as seen from the bay. San Diego played host to the 2008 National Communication Association conference.
Service

Shane Tilton

November 21, 2008

Best of NCA 2008

I just wanted to use this post to highlight some of the key points from the first day/day zero of the National Communication Association 94th Annual Convention in San Diego. 1.) Follow the Boy Scout rule, "Be Prepared": I had every intention to keep a hardcore Twitter stream with the...

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The connection between the resources found in a library and the Internet has created a bridge for knowledge gathering and information studies.
Professional

Shane Tilton

March 21, 2008

Hyperscholarship and i-Research

Beyond my personal ontological & epistemological tenants, I feel I need to address the broader issues of research which fit into the realm of hyperscholarship. I am borrowing the term hyperscholarship and its content from the study conducted by Patricia Harkin. She uses the term hyperscholarship as a means of...

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