The 2011 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium will take place March 17 to 19 at the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications. The Colloquium is co-sponsored by five AEJMC divisions: History, Law, Magazine, Newspaper, and Radio-Television Journalism. [Read more...]
Meeting coverage changes with newsroom cutbacks
July 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Reporters are using Internet tools, such as blogs and social media sites, to aid in coverage of public meeting as staff cuts in newsrooms across the nation mean fewer meetings are covered, a recent study published in Newspaper Research Journal reports.
In-depth interviews of 19 reporters from newspapers across the Southeast facing newsroom cutbacks found that reporters often use social media and blogging tools to report extra information, often procedural and content-related, while the final article in print focused on meeting outcomes. The researchers also found reporters use the Internet to avoid attending public meetings by doing things such as e-reading meeting minutes. [Read more...]
Discussing JMC with… Erik Collins
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Erik Collins is the Associate Director for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. A native of New York, Collins previously served as a senior public relations manager for major corporations including Miller Brewing Company and Philip Morris and taught at Syracuse and Ohio State universities.
How do you define mass communication?
One might, I suppose, define the term by focusing on technology. Let me define it in terms of my idea of its function. Mass Communication is the purposeful intent to communicate information that aids the functioning of individuals in a capitalistic, democratic society through multiple communication channels. [Read more...]