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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…
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…
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…
The latest issue of the Journal of Digital and Media Literacy features a research article by Dr. John A. McArthur. The article – “Altruism meets Participatory Video: A correlational study of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” – examines the motivations of participants contributing to the viral phenomenon in the summer of 2014. The abstract reads: Digital literacy…
The good folks at Time Warner Cable News in Charlotte heard about my current research project and shared information about it on their Friday broadcast, August 29, 2014 in a story titled: Charlotte ALS Center Responds to Challenge; Professor Studies Viral Phenomenon. The text of the online recap by Becky Bereiter is below: CHARLOTTE – As…
