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.
The Psychology of the Legend of Zelda
A preview of my conference schedule for the next couple of months as it relates to game studies.
Convergent Publishing Syllabus
Convergent publishing is one of the harder courses to prepare for going into a given semester. I want to provide a platform for students to create content that reflects their interest and allows those students to apply what they have learned in the first two years of the Multimedia Journalism program towards a representation of …
Global Communication Syllabus
One of the central projects that have defined my time at Ohio Northern University has been to develop a new study aboard program between Communication and Media Studies and the University of Salford in Manchester, England. This partnership led to a one-off workshop between our two institutions and Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. The …
Memetic Communication Syllabus
One of the more consistent requests for a class from my students was a course on memes and their impact on culture and society. Most of the students would share gifs and memes via our Slack channels. There are times that I am a little lost in the visual language, but I quickly catch-up via …