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Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

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Greenlee School Achievements - January 2008

Good News Concerning:

Eric Abbott

Eric Abbott will present a seminar, "Integrating Knowledge Gained from International Experiences Back into the Classroom," Jan. 23 (noon-1 p.m., 302 Catt).

Contact: Eric Abbott, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies eabbott@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/abbott.shtml

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Jeff Blevins

Jeff Blevins reports publications, research citations and mentorship activities.

Publications:

Blevins, J. L., & Anton, F. (2008), Muted Voices in the Legislative Process: The Role of Scholarship in US Congressional Efforts to Protect Children from Online Pornography, is to appear in the February issue of New Media & Society, Vol. 10, No. 1 (pp. 121-143).

Research citations:

Blevins, J. L. (2002). Source Diversity After the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Media Oligarchs Begin to Colonize Cyberspace. Television & New Media, Vol. 3, No. 1 (pp. 95-112).

  • Cited by Alexander Halavais (2006), "Convergence of Newspaper Election Coverage: 1992 to 2000," in Philip Napoli (Ed.), Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics, Routledge.
  • Cited by Allan Brown & Robert G. Picard (2005), Digital Terrestrial Television in Europe, LEA.
  • Blevins, J. L., & Brown, D. H. (2003). Broadcast Ownership Regulation in a Border Era: An Analysis of how the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is Shaping the Debate on Broadcast Ownership Limits. Presented to the Communication Law & Policy Division of the International Communication Association 53rd annual conference in San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003.
  • Cited by Philip Napoli & Nancy Gillis (2006), "Reassessing the potential contribution of communications research in communications policy: The case of media ownership," Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol. 50, No. 4 (pp. 671-691).
  • Blevins, J. L. (2004). Battle of the On-Line Brands: Disney Loses Internet Portal War. Television & New Media, Vol. 5, No. 3 (pp. 247-271).
  • Cited in the International Bibliography of Economics (2004), under "Organization of Prodcuction: Technological Change and Innovation." The International Bibliography of Economics is compiled and edited by the British Library of Political and Economic Science, and the Library of the LondonSchool of Economics and Political Science.

(Note: We welcome research citations because they are a measure of scholarship; but they are not counted in productivity totals, for consistency, as we have not tracked these data.)

Mentorship:

Jeff has agreed to serve as a Faculty Mentor to an ISU student in the McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. The McNair program is a federal effort to encourage minority and low-income, first generation college students to pursue doctoral study. Jeff is doing this mentorship because he was "a first-generation college student who earned a doctorate and came from a low income background myself. " We applaud that commitment!

Contact: Jeff Blevins, Assistant Professor blevins@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/blevins.html

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Michael Bugeja

Michael Bugeja reports the following:

  • Published an essay, "The High Cost of Curricular Glut," The Chronicle of Higher Education, scheduled for the Jan. 28 edition, A Section.
  • Participated in a worldwide debate on The Economist.com.
  • Completed an assignment on fund-raising from Inside Higher Ed, forthcoming.
  • Was interviewed by several media about interpersonal divide.
  • Published a peer-reviewed essay with Daniela Dimitrova, "Raising the dead: Recovery of decayed on-line citations," in American Communication Journal.
  • Second author in an ICA paper titled "Vanishing Act: The Continued Erosion of Online Footnotes in Communication Journals," accepted for presentation by ICA's Communication and Technology division.
  • Their AEJMC panel proposal, Decaying sources, disputed knowledges: Teaching and researching in the age of Wikipedia, was also accepted for Chicago 2008.
  • Was invited to be a panelist by Jacob Groshek whose Second Life proposal was accepted at AEJMC (sponsored by two divisions, Professional Freedom & Responsibility and Communication Technology and Communication Theory), marking the third time that Jacob and Michael will be on the same panel or presentation session.

Contact: Michael Bugeja, Director bugeja@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.interpersonal-divide.org

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David Bulla

David Bulla is completing his prospectus for his second book to be sent to his publisher, Purdue Press. Currently he is proofing his first book with Purdue, Lincoln's Censor: Milo Hascall and Freedom of the Press in Civil War Indiana. He is using a grant from the American Journalism Historians Association for research, editing and promotion of his works.

Contact: David W. Bulla, Assistant Professor dbulla@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.geocities.com/d_bulla/David_Bulla/main.html

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Daniela Dimitrova

Daniela Dimitrova reports contributions in teaching, research and service:

Teaching

Daniela received a grant from the Center for International Programs (CIP) on campus to incorporate more international perspectives in the classroom. She will use the grant for the development of innovative teaching tools for online international student collaboration in her JLMC 476/576 class this spring.

Research

Michael and Daniela continue their research on the half-life phenomenon and are currently working on a joint Monograph. They report another publication in the American Communication Journal:

Dimitrova, D. V., & Bugeja, M. (2007). Raising the dead: Recovery of decayed on-line citations, American Communication Journal, 9(2).

Their ICA paper titled "Vanishing Act: The Continued Erosion of Online Footnotes in Communication Journals" was recently accepted for presentation by ICA's Communication and Technology division. Their AEJMC panel proposal Decaying sources, disputed knowledges: Teaching and researching in the age of Wikipedia was also accepted and programmed for Chicago 2008.

Service

Over the break Daniela served as a reviewer for the book New New Media and an article reviewer for the American Journal of Media Psychology.

Contact: Dennis Chamberlin, Assistant Professor dennisch@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/chamberlin.html

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Dennis Chamberlin

Dennis Chamberlin reports that he has placed images from his latest project, Soma, in the 2008 National Juried Photography Exhibition juried by Todd Hido at the University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts, Toledo, Ohio.

Contact: Dennis Chamberlin, Assistant Professor dennisch@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/chamberlin.html

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Chad Harms

Chad Harms reports contributions in teaching, research and service:

Teaching

Chad will be teaching a new graduate seminar this spring entitled: Social and Ethical Issues of Communication Technology. This course will serve as a core course in the HCI Graduate Program curriculum

Research

One article was recently published and one book chapter was accepted for publication:

  • Harms, C. (2007). Information-seeking tactics in social networking websites. Sex Offender Law Report, 8(4), 49-50,57-60.
  • Harms, C. Education and Exploitation off the Virtual Trail to Oregon. In R. E. Ferdig (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. (expected publication date is July 2008).

Chad became an Ames Lab Associate through his continued work with the Midwest Forensic Resource Center and attended the Internet Crimes Against Children National Convention as part of the Iowa ICAC Task Force. He also began serving as the faculty advisor for the Iowa State Boxing Club.

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Marcia Prior-Miller

Marcia Prior-Miller was awarded a 2008 Kappa Tau Alpha Research Grant for $250. She has also been asked to serve as a judge for the 2008 AEJMC's Standing Committee on Research's Second Annual Tankard Book Award.

Contact: Marcia Prior-Miller, Associate Professor mpm@iastate.edu
Web: http://mpm.jlmc.iastate.edu/

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Sela Sar

Sela Sar has a presentation acceptance:

  • Duff, Brittany, Sar, Sela. Oh, Poong (2008) "If you are happy now, does it matter next week? Mood effects on brand extension evaluation over time," for presentation at the Annual Conference of American Academy of Advertising, San Mateo, CA.

Sela also was able to secure three speaking engagements for the Spring 08 Research Friday:

  1. Dr. Stephen G. Sapp, a professor of Sociology, Iowa State University: Topic: Consumer attitude and food safety, Time: 2:00 to 3PM in February 8, 2008.
  2. Dr. Mike Sweeney, a director of School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Utah State University: Topic: undecided, Time: 12:00PM to 1:00PM in March 14, 2008.
  3. Dr. Gigi Durham, a professor of Journalism and Mass communication, University of Iowa: Topic: The Lolita Effect: The Media's Sexualization of Young Girls, Time: 12:00PM to 1:PM in April 18, 2008.

Contact: Sela Saar, Assistant Professor selasar@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/sar.shtml

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Erin Wilgenbusch

Erin Wilgenbusch was just appointed to a 5-year term on the Story County Conservation Board.

Contact: Erin Wilgenbusch, Lecturer eew@iastate.edu
Web: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/wilgenbusch.html

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2008-01-18