Indian Communication scholar Dr. Biswajit Das to speak

Professor Biswajit Das, director of the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance at  Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, will give two presentations at The Florida State University’s School of Communication on Tuesday, May 29. The first, “Mapping Media Education in India,” will be held from 9:15 to 11 a.m. in Room 2102 of University …

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Opel, four MP students attend 2012 Full Frame Festival

Dr. Andy Opel, associate professor of Communication and the director of the Media Production Program, and four Media Production majors took part in the Full Frame Fellows Program at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, N.C., April 12-15. Thanks to the generous support of the Bickel Scholarship, Cat Sullivan (’12), Pierce Kafka (’12), …

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Media Production Video Festival set for April 24

The annual Media Production Video Festival will be held Tuesday, April 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Student Life Cinema.  The festival features the best in narrative and documentary shorts, animation and sports features. The festival showcases a sample of the award-winning work coming out of the School of Communication’s Media Production Program. …

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Adams to participate in Veterans' Entrepreneurship panel

Dr. Jonathan Adams, Associate Professor at the School of Communication, has been invited to participate in the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F) on the Venture Pitches panel. The Venture Pitches and judging will be held at the Residence Inn on Gaines St. on April 17, 2012 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans …

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CCI students present at Undergrad Research Symposium

Three students in the College of Communication & Information presented their research at the 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Strozier Library. Nic Arete and Lauren A. Dickinson from the School of Communication and Claire Dolly from the School of Communication Science & Disorders were among …

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FSU to showcase students' digital creations March 30

Innovative digital-technology projects produced by Florida State University students will be on display during DigiTech, an exhibition running from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 30, in the William Johnston Building. “Digitech is unique in that it demonstrates how digital technologies are impacting all disciplines, even perhaps unexpected areas like art, dance, English, and history,” …

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AP story quoting CCI’s Jeanette Castillo on social media’s role in Trayvon Martin case published around the globe

Dr. Jeanette Castillo, an assistant professor of digital media in the School of Communication, was quoted in an Associated Press story about social media’s role in publicizing the Trayvon Martin shooting. The AP story has been picked up worldwide. A Google search of “Trayvon Martin” and “Jeanette Castillo” yields 25 pages of results, almost all …

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