Thank you for your interest in serving as a reviewer with the Human Communication and Technology Division for NCA 2017. As one of NCA’s largest divisions, we rely on many reviewers to read and respond to conference submissions. Please fill out the form below to volunteer. Reviews will be assigned in late March. When you…
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June Furr, Dr. Alexis Carreiro, and Dr. John McArthur had an article published in Disability & Society, titled “Strategic Approaches to Disability Disclosure on Social Media.” The article explores the ways persons with physical disabilities choose how and when to disclose information about their disabilities online. The article was co-authored by Furr, an alumna of…
Dr. John A. McArthur, Associate Professor in the James L. Knight School of Communication, was named a Wiley Faculty Fellow this fall. The media release below was shared by Wiley Education Services about the announcement: Wiley Announces Newest Cohort of Faculty Fellows Eight University Program Directors Recognized for Their Innovative Work in Online Learning Hoboken,…
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When Ashleigh White (MA ’13) was a masters student in the James L. Knight School of Communication, she developed an idea in Dr. John A. McArthur’s seminar on space, technology, and information design. The class encouraged students to think about social media as a place that could be visited, and to imagine the impacts of…
The article below was featured on the opinion page of The Greenville News on Friday, July 22, 2016. This link will take you to the article on greenvilleonline.com Jasmine Smith and her husband, Ryan, were in pursuit of a bright orange Tauros Bull under the Liberty Bridge in Falls Park when I met them…
This article was published in the Charlotte Observer on Sunday, July 18, 2016 on the opinion/editorial page. The link below will take you to the op-ed on the Observer’s website. A wild zubat invaded my house the other morning, flapping and fluttering its wings and causing quite a stir. I quickly tried to capture it using…
GREENVILLE, SC — On June 23, 2016, M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers hosted a book launch celebration for Dr. John A. McArthur’s first book, Digital Proxemics: How Technology Shapes the Ways We Move. Dr. McArthur read two sections of the book, describing proxemics to the audience and introducing the connection between proxemics and digital technologies.…
This morning, I had the pleasure of joining Mike Collins on Charlotte Talks to discuss the rise of emoji as a form of communication. Here’s what WFAE had to say about the conversation: Digital technologies are changing the way we communicate as well as the way we write and spell. And with emojis we don’t…
Over the last decade, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about online learning. I took my first online class in 2003, and I started teaching online classes in 2006. Over that time period, online learning has changed – and for the better. Like many educators who teach online, I’ve experienced the gamut of course…
The latest issue of the Journal of Library Innovation features a research article by Dr. John A. McArthur and Valerie Johnson Graham (MA COM Class of 2014). The article – “User Experience Design and Library Space: A Pathway to Innovation” – uses user-experience design theory to reimagine the ways libraries might approach their physical spaces. The abstract…
At the 2015 National Communication Association annual conference, Dr. John A. McArthur presented his paper titled “Creating a community-generated archive: Digital tools for storing, citing, and sharing visual artifacts.” The paper and teaching resource describes the benefits of social bookmarking and social networking for developing an archive of ideas in the classroom. NCA 2015 was held…
The latest issue of Journal of Learning Spaces features a research article by Dr. John A. McArthur. The article – “Matching Instructors and Spaces of Learning: The impact of space on behavioral, affective, and cognitive learning” – examines the role of classroom space in student learning. The abstract reads: This study examined the extent to which…
