Tag Archives: Research
MKIDS for me
Had the first meeting for organizing Tom Jacobson’s new Center for Communication Research (is that what it’s called?). Had a chance to look at the research a number of folks in the School of Informatics are doing and how it is being funded. NSF’s MKIDS program is supporting work very much in line with my […]
War of words
At the end of last year, I decried the lack of a coherent propaganda offensive, and suggested that “We have an amazing marketing and PR machine in the US. You would think that we could sell the country a bit better.” A recent Slate article (Bad Information) lays the blame at the doorstep of Charlotte […]
Communication of SARS
Why should a communication scholar care about SARS? There are some obvious answers to this, many of them having to do with risk communication. For instance, why should we be worrying about SARS when you are still far more likely to be killed by a lightning strike (let alone an auto accident or heart disease). […]
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