Category Archives: Communication
Voices in Strategic Communication and Social Media
Strategic communication in the digital world can be advanced by quality research like that presented in a public relations division session at the National Communication Association 2011 Annual Conference in New … Continue reading
Twitter and Teacher Behaviors
Does Twitter influence student perceptions of teacher behaviors? As part of a session surrounding new and emerging technologies in instruction, I presented my research (co-authored with Kristen Bostedo-Conway) on Twitter’s … Continue reading
e-Books, Tenure and Promotion
“The ‘Publish or Perish’ model in academia might be missing a third ‘P’ - Profit,” says Mel Odom, a successful e-book publisher and faculty member at the University of Oklahoma. Odom, … Continue reading
e-Books and the Changing Dynamics of Publishing
The front page of this morning’s USA Today Money section heralded the importance of e-books and the high quality of digital book readers in an article by Edward C. Baig. … Continue reading
Unexpected Use for iPad — Jumbotron
I stumbled across a new use for the iPad – one I didn’t expect. The Biltmore Estate, well-known for its Christmas decorations and Candlelight evenings, has to decorate the house … Continue reading
10 Tips for Improving Group Presentations
You’ve been asked to do a group presentation and don’t know where to start. Many group presentations fail because of diffusion of responsibility. You think, “as long is my part … Continue reading
Embedding a Tweet in your WordPress Blog
Embedding a tweet in your wordpress blog is relatively easy. Here’s how to do it: Troubleshooting Tips The most common issues with tweet embeds are: The link to the tweet … Continue reading
Academics and Technology: Early Adopters or Left Behind?
Alexis Carreiro, assistant professor in the Knight School of Communication, offers that the adoption of technology might be a strange marriage of Goldilocks and Marshall McLuhan: “When we rush to adopt technology, … Continue reading
Town Crier? Village Idiot? We each have role in public space
Town crier? Village idiot? We each have role in public space CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper This column ran in the Charlotte Observer on September 30, 2011 on the opinion/editorial … Continue reading
