Three-time College of Communication & Information graduate Kris Barton (B.A. ’00, M.A. ’02, Ph.D. ’07) passed away unexpectedly on May 4, 2016 at age 39. The alum and Chair of the Department of Communication at Dalton State College was known for his book, A State of Arrested Development. He also published books on reality television, trivia and fandom culture. Barton was …
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Farewell to a Friend: Kris Barton
CCI Students Attend AMTP Conference
The Association of Marketing Theory and Practice (AMTP) recently hosted its 25th annual conference at St. Simons Island, Ga. Every year, AMTP unites academic marketing scholars from around the world to bring together both academic theory and real world marketing practices at this conference. Several students from FSU’s College of Communication & Information attended, including Mackenzie …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Kathryn Lyons Shines as FamousDC Managing Editor
Kathryn Lyons (B.A. ’11) has always had a genuine interest in understanding people and communicating their stories. Her knack for speaking to and in front of people was matched with a little bit of the jitters, but she enjoyed it enough to know that she wanted to work professionally in the realm of communication. Her degree in Mass Media Communication …
CONTINUE READINGTwo CCI Women Receive 2016 Inspire Award
Two women from the College of Communication & Information were named winners of the 2016 Inspire Award. The award is being given to four women of distinction in total and will be presented at a ceremony in NYC. Nancy McKay (B.S. ’78) received a double major in Organizational Communication and Government from …
CONTINUE READINGAd Club Visits Agencies in Boston
FSU’s Ad Club traveled to Boston from March 30th to April 2nd to visit ad agencies and explore the city. The members in attendance were Eric Rosenbluth, Matthew Youngquist, Isabella Roque, Victoria Rosselli, Maxim Yodzis, Cristina Azanza, Victoria Barker, Armonda Davis, Samuel Fries, Kendall Sompolski, Claudia Lopez, and Natalie Schulte. The students split up into …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Doctoral Candidate, Alum and Professor Publishing Papers About Music Information Seeking Behaviors
iSchool doctoral candidate Hengyi Fu and alumna Yun Fan are publishing a paper entitled “Music Information Seeking via Social Q&A: An Analysis of Questions in Music Stack Exchange Community.” The paper discusses how music Q&A sites like Music Stack Exchange are fruitful resources for identifying users’ music information needs, how those needs are expressed and …
CONTINUE READINGSTARS Tour Tampa for Networking Trip
The FSU Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service Alliance (STARS) organized a trip to Tampa with Associate Dean Ebe Randeree April 3rd through 5th for eight students in the College of Communication & Information. The STARS members in attendance were Joey Cardenas, Kelby Mahoney, Lydia Clark, Martin Sung, Megan McGilvray, Miciaha Ivey, Zaymeen Deen, …
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