The 2009 edition of Hispanic Fact Pack, Annual Guide to Hispanic Marketing and Media, featured two charts created from research by the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, an affiliate of the School of Communication. The Fact Pack, a supplement to Advertising Age magazine, explained that the “U.S. Hispanic market eked out 1.9% growth in 2008 …
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Mainstream media stories about CCI faculty, staff, students and programs, usually published as a result of a CCI press release.
HMC Research featured in Ad Age publication
Wiegand quoted in Library Journal
Dr. Wayne Wiegand of the School of Library and Information Studies was quoted in a Library Journal article called “The Dewey Dilemma,” about efforts to streamline and improve shelving systems. ————————————– The Dewey Dilemma By Barbara Fister Copyright Library Journal Not long ago, a mother blogged about her visit to a newly opened public library …
CONTINUE READINGHispanic Marketing Communication students lend perspective
Advertising Age columnist Rochelle Newman-Carrasco, in examining the changing perceptions of the Hispanic market and advertisers’ approach to it, recruited a group of students from the School of Communication’s Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication to give their opinions of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies’ conference. ————————————————————————————————- Experiencing a conference as if for the first …
CONTINUE READINGCCI board member is finalist for award
Allan Stamm, a member of the Florida State University College of Communication and Information Leadership Board, is a finalist for the Florida State University Leader of the Year Award. A Leader of the Year will be named from among several finalists on Sept. 17 during the annual banquet of the Distinguished Leadership Awards at FSU’s …
CONTINUE READINGWCTV: CCI helps at-risk kids get computers
Computers donated by the Florida Attorney General’s Office and refurbished by FSU’s College of Communication & Information and Lutheran Social Services got new homes with at-risk kids. Check out the full story on WCTV’s Web site.
CONTINUE READINGFrom Tallahassee to Tbilisi: Fulbright scholar to work for literacy in Georgia libraries
By MARK HARPER © DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL July 20, 2009 Last summer, as news broke of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Georgia, Heather Wakefield was in the throes of a months-long process, applying for a Fulbright grant to study and research literacy in the Central Asian nation. “I had come to love the country even …
CONTINUE READINGSpirit of accident victim, a recent Comm grad, honored online
By JOHN A. TORRES © FLORIDA TODAY JULY 26, 2009 Michaela Thomas loved having an opinion. Social issues or controversial topics never scared her away. Nor did people. She could sit and watch people, strangers, for hours. “She was opinionated but never judgmental, and that’s a rare combination,” her mother, Kathleen Yockey, said. “She …
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