Dr. Arthur A. Raney, associate professor of communication, was invited to be one of five keynote speakers at an international conference on entertainment theory and effects in Benasque, Spain, Nov. 15-21.

It was the first in a series of communication congresses being organized under the auspices of the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual, with a goal of gathering top scholars and promising junior scholars for open and wide-ranging discussion. Raney lectured on “Entertainment and Morality” and a junior scholar from the Free University of Amsterdam served as respondent, offering an alternate explanation or theory. The exchange led to a daylong discussion of the topic, followed by proposals for continuing research. A different topic was featured each day.

Raney’s presentation will be published in the European-based “Journal of Media Psychology.”