Communication
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From Classroom to Zoom Room
When the pandemic shuttered classrooms around the nation, educators scrambled to find new ways to teach. Online instruction, notably via Zoom, helped them do that. But as innovative as that was, it presented teachers with some challenges to their nonverbal communication, said John A. McArthur, professor and chair of Furman’s Department of Communication Studies. Among…
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Placemaking and Play at NCA 2020
Our presentation at the National Communication Association annual conference was featured by Furman this week across its news, public relations, and social media properties. Check out the story below or in its online form at Furman. December 8, 2020 by Ron Wagner ’93, Senior Writer Research by Furman Associate Professor of Communication Studies John A. McArthur ’02…
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The Archive and Political Cartooning
Cartoons have chronicled the history of polarizing political rhetoric throughout major shifts in US politics. When US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and other noteworthy Democrats shifted their allegiances to the Republican party in the early 1960s, cartoonists captured the swing of the political pendulum. Using Strom Thurmond’s personal papers in the Strom Thurmond…
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we were here.
Mobile Media, Space + Place Furman Hall 110 and then online | Spring 2020 a digital archive Mobile Media Space + Place
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Social distancing has changed how we commonly interact with friends and neighbors
The following article, by Liv Osby, was published online by the Greenville News on Monday, March 23, 2020 and appeared on page 2A of the Greenville News on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Social distancing. Two words that have changed lives as we try to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. No large gatherings, we’re…
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Op-Ed: Social Distancing feels weird, but we should do it anyway
The Op-Ed below was published in the Greenville News, Saturday, March 21, 2020 (p. 8A). Read full text online here. Social Distancing feels weird, but we should do it anyway. The global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has called into question everything our culture has taught us about how we space ourselves in relation to…
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On the need for spaces for discourse in human communication + technology
I was invited to join the inaugural Editorial Board for a new journal, Human Communication and Technology, edited by Dr. Jeffrey A. Hall at the University of Kansas. When I look at the names of the scholars on the editorial board, I am honored to be among them. In addition, I was invited to submit…
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Augmented Placemaking and Community Engagement
“Augmented Placemaking and community engagement: Exploring social media interaction in Brazoria County Rocks!” a research article by Dr. John A. McArthur and Alicia Jauregui was published in the 2019 issue of the Texas Speech Communication Journal. To better understand the effects of social media on placemaking – our experiential connection to geographic place — this…
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Digital Interactions in Social Spaces
Digital Interactions in Social Spaces: Proxemics, Digital Media, and Human-Machine Communication Special Issue for the Electronic Journal of Communication Fifty years ago, Edward T. Hall coined the term “proxemics” to describe the human use of space in physical and interpersonal environments. Now, in an age of dynamic and ever-present digital communication, the cultural implications of…
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Human Communication & Technology at #NCA18
The National Communication Association held its annual convention in November 2018 is Salt Lake City, Utah. This year, my obligations at the conference were many, and having never been to Salt Lake City, I was excited for the trip. View this post on Instagram A post shared by JAMcArthur (@jamcarthur) I was honored to be…
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