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Twitter in the Classroom: For good or evil?
Should we use Twitter in our classrooms? Communication students in Dr. John A. McArthur’s social media seminar at Queens University of Charlotte set out to open the door to that conversation by hosting a Twitter chat on March 31, 2010 and inviting educators and students to join in the conversation. Students and faculty from Queens…
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Mediated Group Communication
Queens University of Charlotte Media Release March 31, 2010 Dr. John A. McArthur, assistant professor in the School of Communication, wrote a book chapter that was published in the recently released text “Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables.” The book, edited by Dr. Jung-Ran Park and Dr.…
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Choose your tweeps wisely
Finding a conversation on Twitter can be a daunting task. The easiest mistake to make is to follow too many people so that your home page is filled with a plethora of tweets. Instead, be discerning about who to follow or make Twitter lists of those people whose Tweets contribute to your desired conversations. Choosing…
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Non-Profits on Social Media
Non-profits and their use of social media formed the focus of this morning’s Social Media Breakfast in Charlotte, NC. Presenters Bo Hussey (of Goodwill), Jameka S. Whitten (of Amped 4 a Cure), and Winn Maddrey (of Topics Education) shared their experiences with social media in the non-profit sector. Seemingly, the major issue for non-profits is…
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Why I Tweet
As soon as people learn that I teach courses in social media, they immediately remark, “Oh! Like that tweeting stuff,” or “I don’t understand the Twitters,” or, my favorite, “In two minutes, explain why I should get on Twitter.” So, for my peeps and tweeps alike, here’s why I use Twitter. Twitter connects me to…
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Announcing Apple’s iPad
The grand announcement of the iPad by Apple’s Steve Jobs came with a flurry of media opportunities. Below are links to two features surrounding the hype leading up to and following Apple’s announcement and demonstration of the iPad. Both were written by enterprise reporter Peter St. Onge of the Charlotte Observer: Apple Tablet: A behavior changer?…
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Social Media Conference held at Queens
Queens University of Charlotte Media Release January 24, 2010 The School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte and the Charlotte Observer hosted a Social Media Conference January 23, 2010 on the school’s campus. Twenty presenters and 240 participants in the sold-out conference participated in sessions such as “Social Media 101, an introduction to social…
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Sport Promotion and Social Media
Hailey Cobb, of Charlotte-based PR firm Luguire George Andrews, brought the world of sport promotion into the social media conversation with her case study of the Quail Hollow Golf Tournament at Social Media Breakfast in Charlotte. Her experiment with Twitter for sporting events resulted in unique expertise which she shared with a captive audience. Event-planners…
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Dr. McArthur Honored with Top Ten Paper Award at NCA
Queens University of Charlotte Media Release November 18, 2009 Dr. John A. McArthur, assistant professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the School of Communication, was honored at the National Communication Association’s annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, held November 11-15, 2009. His teaching presentation titled, “What Happened? Teaching Attributions with Ambiguous Prompts” received a Top…
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Study: Tweeting and texting may befuddle your brain
The following article is reprinted from the Charlotte Observer (p. A1) on September 8, 2009, by Jeff Elder. Study: Tweeting and texting may befuddle your brain Does Twitter make you dumber, and does Facebook make you smarter? Not exactly, but the two social media sites affect the brain in opposite ways, a top…
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