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2002-2003 Academic Year
Spring 2003 Semester Party
[04.30.03]
Students, faculty and friends of MM&C gathered on Friday April 25th for the
spring social event, the Semester Party, held at Professor Lombard's home.
Photos from the event [top]
MM&C Coffee Mugs Still Available [03.20.03]
A limited number of custom-made MM&C coffee mugs are available for purchase.
The 11 oz. mugs are gray and feature a large graphic containing the words "M M C,"
"Mass Media & Communication," "Doctor of Philosophy" on one side and the words "Temple
University," "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" on the other, all in Temple red.
Click here for details.
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Fifth Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum Held February 14, 2003 [2.16.03]
Students, faculty, alums, and friends of the MM&C Program attended the 5th
Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum on February 14, 2003 at Temple
University Center City (TUCC). Congratulations to the top paper winners and
to all of the presenters, and special thanks to the members of MM&C's Forum
organizing committee: Priscilla Murphy,
Jan Fernback,
Fabienne Darling-Wolf, and MM&C student
Jen Mintzer.
The top paper winners were:
Top Paper:
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Yan Tian, "The Effects of Internet Use on Social Trust"
Second Paper:
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Mark Scalese, "Adversaries or Allies? The Relationship between Producers and Their Subjects in Documentary Production"
Third Paper:
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Maria Simone, "Preparing a Face: An Exploration of Identity Presentation in Online and Offline Contexts"
To learn more about the event, please see the following:
(links will open in new windows)
Photos from the event
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Spring 2003 SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) Speakers Announced [2.16.03]
The schedule for the semester's continuing SCAT seminar series has been announced. All of the talks are free to the public and will be held from 3:40 to 4:30 on Mondays in Annenberg Hall Room 301.
Monday, February 3, 2003
Virtually multicultural: Gender, culture and belonging in an international fan community
Dr. Fabienne Darling-Wolf, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising
Monday, February 24
The Essay Film from Alain Resnais to Derek Jarman: When Auteurs make Documentaries
Dr. Tim Corrigan, Temple University Dept. of English
Monday, March 24
In Search of a Sensible Free Speech Theory for the Student Press
Dr. Tom Eveslage, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising
Monday, April 7
"Predictive history": What US videotex told us about the World Wide Web
Dr. Sandy Kyrish, SCAT Assistant Dean, Technology and Planning
Monday, April 14
The Uptown Coalition: A Case Study of the Intersection of Media Advocacy, Media Literacy and Social Change
Dave Marshall, Mass Media and Communication Ph.D. Candidate
Monday, April 21
Academic Book Publishing: How and Why (or why not)
Peter Wissoker, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Temple University Press
Monday, April 28
Politics in a web-based environment: the effects of presence and flow on political knowledge, interest, efficacy, and participation
Linda Greenwood, Mass Media and Communication Ph.D. Student
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MM&C Program Proposal Replaces Annual Review Form [1.9.03]
MM&C has replaced the Annual Review form with a new mechanism to promote effective
student planning and faculty advising. Beginning with the 2002-2003 academic year, all
MM&C students are required to create, and then annually update, a Program Proposal document
that outlines their previous, current, and planned professional activities. A complete
draft of the Proposal document is to be submitted to each student's advisor by the end
of the second week of classes of the spring semester. Full details and a sample Proposal
that can be used as a template are available on our
MM&C forms and templates page.
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Students Can Now Get Credit for STARSS [1.7.03]
Beginning this spring, MM&C students can earn 1 credit of MM&C course work for attending STARSS. All they have to do is attend at least six of the eight seminars in the SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series, in which research faculty and students in the School of Communications and Theater discuss their work in informal talks, write a short paper about the experience and their reactions to it.
All STARSS talks this spring will be held from 3:40 to 4:30 on Mondays in Annenberg Hall Room 301. The speakers and topics will be announced soon. Everyone is welcome to attend, but to earn credit MM&C students should register for MMC 945, section 2.
For more information please contact Andy Mendelson
or Matthew Lombard.
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Fall 2002 MM&C Poster Session Held December 16, 2002 [1.3.03]
Students, faculty, and friends attended the second MM&C Poster Session on Monday, December 16, 2002.
Poster Sessions, or more formally, Interactive Display Sessions, are a common format for sharing communication research at professional conferences. In an informal gathering scholars set up visual 'posters' that provide a brief and compelling introduction to the important elements of their projects, and visitors then walk around the room reading the different posters and speaking with the authors to find out more about the projects.
Students in several courses, including Researching Communication I (MMC 500), Communication Theory I (MMC 400), Ph.D. Colloquium (MMC 945), and Public Information Campaigns (BTMM 744), shared their work from the fall semester at this event, which was held in Tuttleman Hall 202. Despite the great refreshments served during the 4:30-6:30 session, many of the attendees had enough room to go out for dinner at the Draught Horse and enjoy a relaxing evening of socializing.
Photos and materials from the event
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Fall 2002 SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) A Success
Last fall we had another great line up of talks on a variety of communication issues, new media, journalism, advertising, and film. The speakers and topics were:
September 30
The effect of new communication and information technologies on academic research paradigms
Irene Berkowitz, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. candidate
October 7
Image is everything: Another way of understanding celebrities and the paparazzi
Andrew Mendelson, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising
October 21
Unpaid advertising: The case of Wilson the Volleyball in Castaway
Michael Maynard, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising and
Megan Scala, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. student
November 4
"Virtual" learning: In search of a pan-pedagogical model for enhanced learning through "presence."
Melissa Selverian, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. student
November 18
Trajectories of Utopia: Conflicting Visions of the Ideal Society in 20th Century Film, Media, and Culture
Barry Vacker, Dept. of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media
December 2
Attribution, Narrative Agency and Interactive Media
Jeff Rush, Associate Dean, School of Communications and Theater and Dept. of Film and Media Arts
The schedule for the spring 2003 SCAT Theory and Research Symposium Series
will be announced soon. Come hear about the research faculty and students in the
School of Communications and Theater are working on. All talks are open to the public. If you're interested in presenting or have an idea for a STARSS program, please contact
Andy Mendelson.
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MM&C Fall 2002 Semester Party the Usual 'Fun for All' [11.24.02]
Friday November 22nd was the date for the traditional and popular MM&C social event,
the Semester Party, held at Professor Lombard's home. A good time was had by all!
Photos from the event
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MM&C Administrative Committees for 2002-3 Constituted [11.15.02]
The bylaws of the MM&C program require several standing committees to be constituted each year, and in most cases that they include a student member nominated by the faculty. The committees and their members for the 2002-3 academic year are listed below. If you have questions or suggestions relevant to the work of a particular committee, please feel free to contact the chair or another member of the committee.
Admissions:
- Carolyn Kitch (chair)
- Pat Bradley
- Zizi Papacharissi
Curriculum:
- Nancy Morris (chair)
- Jan Fernback
- Michael Maynard
- Priscilla Murphy
- Melissa Selverian (student member)
Recruiting:
- Michael Maynard (chair)
- Pat Bradley
- Zizi Papacharissi
- Tom Polcari (student member)
Graduate Research Forum:
- Priscilla Murphy (chair)
- Jan Fernback
- Fabienne Darline-Wolf
- Jennifer Mintzer (student member)
Ad hoc Committee to Revise the MM&C Policies and Procedures Document:
- Andy Mendelson (chair)
- Fabienne Darline-Wolf
- Nancy Morris
- Dave Allan (student member)
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MM&C Adopts New Approach to Courses and Course Scheduling in 2002-2003 [09.01.02]
MM&C now offers a small number of courses that are designed specifically
for doctoral students. For details,
including the 2002-2003 MM&C course schedule,
click here.
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Events and Announcements
2001-2002 Academic Year
SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) Completes a Successful Year
The SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) features SCAT faculty,
graduate students and invited scholars talking about their approaches to and experiences
with research projects and current issues in communication in a relaxed atmosphere.
The Series launched in the fall 2001 semester with six bi-weekly informative and well-attended sessions:
- Nancy Morris: "Research Questions, Research Decisions: The Path to Research Answers"
- Fabienne Darling-Wolf, JPRA Department: "Why I Love Japanese Men: Redefining Gender Identity in Japan"
- Carolyn Kitch: "Doing Interdisciplinary Research in Communications"
- Priscilla Murphy: "Chaos and Complexity in Communication Research"
- Maureen Taylor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University: "International Public Relations and Nation-Building"
- Bernie Ankney, JPRA Department: "Cultural Catalysis Theory: A Communication Theory to Supplement Social Capital Theory"
The spring 2002 sessions were:
- Ha Sung Hwang and Jae-Woong Kwon: "Visual Images of Terror: A Content Analysis of Photographs in American Daily Newspapers on September 12" (MM&C students Ha Sung and Jae presented this paper at a conference at the end of that week.)
- Carl Botan, Department of Communication, Purdue University: "Electronic Surveillance in the Work Place: Emergent Issues and Social Impacts"
- Ed Alwood, JPRA Department: "The Hunt for Red Writers: The Eastland Committee Hearings on Communists in the Press, 1955-56"
- Kasey Walker, Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University: "Control the Words, Control the World: Semantic Power in a Collaborating Group"
- Zizi Papacharissi, BTMM Department: "Real/Virtual Dichotomy: A Meta-analysis of Research on New Media Uses and Consequences"
- Jan Fernback: "Using Community to Sell: The Commodification of Community in Retail Web Sites"
- Paul Swann, Film & Media Arts Department: "Postindustriality and the Spectacular City"
- Larry Gross, University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication: "From Criminal to Consumer in Fifty Years: Media Portrayals of Gays and Lesbians"
If you're interested in presenting or have an idea for a STARSS program,
please contact Andy Mendelson.
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Course in Grant Writing Offered Spring 2002
SCAT offered a course in writing proposals for external funding.
MM&C and other graduate students took advantage of the opportunity.
Click here for details.
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Spring 2002 Semester Party Held April 19th
On Friday April 19th, members of the MM&C community gathered for our 21st semi-annual Semester Party. We caught up with old friends, met new ones, and enjoyed a delicious meal (everything was great, but Lydia's meat pie [or 'vertical pizza'], Olga's potato salad, Melissa S.'s eggplant dish, and Sondra's [sinful!] peanut butter pie were outstanding!). If you missed this semester's party, we hope to see you at the fall event.
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4th Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum Held Friday February 1, 2002
Students, faculty, alums, and friends of the MM&C Program attended the 4th Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum on February 1, 2002. Thanks to everyone who made the event such a success, and congratulations to the top paper award winners:
First Place Papers (tie; $100 award each):
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"Virtual Learning: In Search of a Psychological Model"
by Melissa Selverian
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"Making Sense of South Park and American Humor - A Case Study of Star TV's Innovative Adjustment to Local Tastes in Taiwan"
by Hong Chi Shiau
Second Place Papers (tie; $50 award each):
- "Geopolitical References, Regional Issues, and National Identities in Cyberspace: A Study of Crossposted Messages in Usenet "soc.culture" Newsgroups"
by Gisela Gil-Egui
- "Framing the Millennium"
by Olga Vilceanu
To learn more about the event, please see the following:
(Links will open in new windows)
Photos from the event
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Fall 2001 MM&C Poster Session Held December 10, 2001
SCAT graduate students, faculty, and friends attended the first MM&C/BTMM/JPRA Poster Session on Monday, December 10, 2001.
Poster Sessions, or more formally, Interactive Display Sessions, are a common format for sharing communication research at professional conferences; in an informal gathering scholars set up visual 'posters' that provide a brief and compelling introduction to the important elements of their projects, and visitors then walk around the room reading the different posters and speaking with the authors to find out more about the projects that interest them.
Students in several courses, including Communication Research Methods (BTMM 411/MMC 500), Theories Of Visual Communication (JPRA 814/BTMM 688/MMC 680), Public Information Campaigns (BTMM 744/MMC 744), and Ph.D. Colloquium (BTMM 945/MMC 945), joined together to share their work from the fall semester at this event, which was held in Annenberg Hall 302. The turnout was great and responses were very positive; a similar event is planned for the fall semester.
Photos from the event
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New MM&C Policies and Practices for Student Input
The MM&C faculty recently established a series of new policies to help obtain and respond to the perspectives and insights of students.
First, the MM&C Program Director will now hold regular meetings with students who are interested in discussing any and all issues related to the doctoral program and ways to improve it. The first 'Meet with the Director' meeting was on November 6, 2001; dates/times for future meetings will be announced on the MMC listserv.
Any MM&C student may also request that an issue or concern be placed on the agenda of an upcoming MM&C faculty meeting and, with the permission of the Director, present and discuss the issue or concern at the meeting.
The MM&C faculty have created a set of committees to plan and manage several different aspects of the doctoral program, and the following policy regarding student input to these committees was approved: "Based on faculty suggestions and consensus, the MM&C Director will invite individual MM&C students, who must be and remain in good standing, to participate in the work of the faculty committees."
Following this policy, the faculty invited
Anna Zaks,
Gisela Gil-Egui (Research Forum Committee),
Banu Akdenizli (Recruiting),
David Marshall (Admissions),
Margaret Rakus, and
Melissa Selverian (Curriculum) to serve on the faculty committees for 2001-2002, and all of them graciously accepted. Students who have comments, suggestions, questions, etc. regarding these aspects of MM&C, should contact any members, including the student members, of these committees.
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Events and Announcements
2000-2001 Academic Year
3rd Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum Held Friday February
23, 2001
Photos from the event
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Current events and announcements are available
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