COMM Professor Raney to edit special issue of Journal of Communication

Dr. Arthur Raney, James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication, and Dr. Mary Beth Oliver, Professor and Co-Director of Media Effects Research Laboratory in the College of Communications at Penn State University, have been selected to edit a special issue of the Journal of Communication (JOC).  …

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COMM Professor Rodin selected for 2013 College Sports Summit Pioneer Award by Sports Video Group

Sports Video Group (SVG) selects Mark Rodin, executive director of Seminole Productions and professor at the Florida State University (FSU) School of Communication, for the 2013 SVG College Sports Summit Pioneer Award.  Since SVG started offering this prestigious acknowledgment in 2012, Rodin is only the second recipient chosen for his significant industry and academic media production …

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Adams receives 2013 Guardian of the Flame Faculty Award

As the only faculty recognition award by the FSU student body, members of Burning Spear, Inc. recognized 15 faculty members across campus who have made a difference in advancing FSU as a leading higher education institution.  Dr. Jonathan Adams, associate professor in the College of Communication & Information, is one of the respected faculty members …

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COMM student working with Prof. Houck discovers old newspapers with insights on Emmett Till murder case

FSU undergraduate student, Jessica Primiani, has discovered documents from an African-American newspaper (the St. Louis Argus) which were long missing and shed new insights about the Emmett Till murder case.  In 1955, Till, a 14-year-old black boy, was brutally killed after allegedly flirting with a white woman in Money, Mississippi.  This incident and his trial …

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COMM students and professor selected to present at conference in S. Korea

Two current students from the FSU School of Communication, a recently graduated alum from the Integrated Marketing Communication program, and a professor were chosen to present at the 2013 Biennial World Communication Association conference in Seoul, South Korea, from Aug. 8-12, 2013.  The theme of this year’s conference is “Intercultural Communication in the Global World.”  …

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