Publications & Media Appearances
Releases about publications, speaking engagements, and reprints of news articles that report on my work or include my commentary on society, media, technology, and education.
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Would you give up Facebook for $300?
In his article, “Can she go a month without Facebook,” the Charlotte Observer‘s Eric Frazier chronicles the quest of a Rock Hill mother who bet her daughter $300 to go a month without Facebook. Why? So the daughter can focus on her studies at the University of South Carolina – Upstate. Below is an excerpt…
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Mixing Reporters and Students: A “Live” lesson in media relations
When the news of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s generous grant (to name the James L. Knight School of Communication) was announced, I knew it wouldn’t be long before the gift impacted my teaching opportunities in the classroom; but I never thought that the impact would be so strong on the very…
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Teaching (and learning) with Twitter
Can Twitter impact students’ perceptions of their teachers? Even though these findings may come as no surprise to educators who already use Twitter, our study (described below) suggests that students who are active on Twitter alongside their instructors may actually perceive their instructors to be more approachable and interactive than they would otherwise. Thus, the…
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Non Ministrari, Sed Ministrare
Communicating Honor: Civility, Technology, and a Digital Society I was both humbled and honored to give the keynote address at Queens University of Charlotte’s Sed Ministrare Ceremony, the official induction of incoming students into the Queens community. My speech, entitled Communicating Honor: Civility, Technology, and a Digital Society, encompassed remarks on the history of communication…
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“The Little Committee that Could”
Queens University of Charlotte Media Release May 26, 2010 When you think about assessment, do you hear a solemn funeral march ringing in your ears? Perhaps your eyes roll. Maybe you think of assessment as an endless cycle of jumping through hoops. Those on the Assessment Committee at Queens University of Charlotte want to change…
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Charlotte Observer: Queens Professor asks class to tweet
Article reprinted from The Charlotte Observer April 5, 2010 Eric Frazier Social Media Columnist Last week, Queens University professor John McArthur committed what some in his line of work would consider sacrilege. He used precious lecture time in his communications seminar to let kids – avert your eyes, academic traditionalists – go on Twitter. He…
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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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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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