SWECJMC #5
Saturday morning 11/5/05 and the first session I am attending started even before its 8:00 a.m. scheduled start time! Paula Furr, Interim Chair in the Journalism Department at Northwestern State in Louisiana is talking about faculty collegiality in "Collegiality Helps Put the 'C' in Success." Maybe should be more toward congenialty. There is a misperception about faculty members jobs--people assume long vacations, just show up and teach classes, etc.
How is it best to have collegiality? Can be accomplished through faculty search committees, administrators setting tone, self reflection, guard against clicques/silencing opinion, undestand that criticism/opposition is not necesarily conflict.
Second presenter Kate Pierce of Texas State University - San Marcos. The study that is part of a graduate student's thesis, looked at gay characters on TV as a content analysis, and to look at it from a gay audience's perspective. Study identified a variety of gay characters--like Hetero-Homo characters (Will on Will and Grace; flamerqueen, Jack on W&G ; fabulous fag--helps straight people learn stereotypical things--Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Business Betty--Melannie Queer as Folk; and queer fatale, like Shane of The L Word.
The next speaker, Mark Finney of University of Colorado - Boulder presented "Against a Totalizing Theory of Media Influences." The study seeks to analyze the relationship between U. S. journalism and U. S. foreign policy decisions. Does journalism influence foreign or is it used to promote policies? Are there situations where there is more or less influencence? Two schools of thought--Manufacting Consent, media operate on behalf of govt and CNN effect--media can affect government policy. This study is an effort to compare the merits of each theory in continuing this type analysis. THis paper is an exploratory analysis as part of his dissertation.
Fnally, George Daniels of Alabama and Lillie Fears of Arkansas State presented "So What Can You Do? Perceived Entry-Level Journaliosm Skills of Mass Communications Students."
What kind of predictors are there for high school students going into journalism degrees? Theu also sought to compare journmalism students to ones in other areas like advertising or PR.
Trade publications are critical of how educators are training students for newspaper jobs
The reserchers sought to look at how pre-college socialization affected the pipeline into journalism courses. Among the hyopotheses: years of high school publication experince is positively related to students encouragement to pursue journalism careers, years of high school publication experience is positeively related to students comfort level with technical equipment, and industry introduction skills will predict a student's entry-level journalism skills. The first two hypotheses listed about were not supported. The third one listed above was supported. (There were other hypotheses discussed.) Networking was noted as the most important element in students' introduction to J/MC programs.
As is often the case at the end of the formal presentations, the session ended with a lively Q&A time between audience members and presenters.
How is it best to have collegiality? Can be accomplished through faculty search committees, administrators setting tone, self reflection, guard against clicques/silencing opinion, undestand that criticism/opposition is not necesarily conflict.
Second presenter Kate Pierce of Texas State University - San Marcos. The study that is part of a graduate student's thesis, looked at gay characters on TV as a content analysis, and to look at it from a gay audience's perspective. Study identified a variety of gay characters--like Hetero-Homo characters (Will on Will and Grace; flamerqueen, Jack on W&G ; fabulous fag--helps straight people learn stereotypical things--Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Business Betty--Melannie Queer as Folk; and queer fatale, like Shane of The L Word.
The next speaker, Mark Finney of University of Colorado - Boulder presented "Against a Totalizing Theory of Media Influences." The study seeks to analyze the relationship between U. S. journalism and U. S. foreign policy decisions. Does journalism influence foreign or is it used to promote policies? Are there situations where there is more or less influencence? Two schools of thought--Manufacting Consent, media operate on behalf of govt and CNN effect--media can affect government policy. This study is an effort to compare the merits of each theory in continuing this type analysis. THis paper is an exploratory analysis as part of his dissertation.
Fnally, George Daniels of Alabama and Lillie Fears of Arkansas State presented "So What Can You Do? Perceived Entry-Level Journaliosm Skills of Mass Communications Students."
What kind of predictors are there for high school students going into journalism degrees? Theu also sought to compare journmalism students to ones in other areas like advertising or PR.
Trade publications are critical of how educators are training students for newspaper jobs
The reserchers sought to look at how pre-college socialization affected the pipeline into journalism courses. Among the hyopotheses: years of high school publication experince is positively related to students encouragement to pursue journalism careers, years of high school publication experience is positeively related to students comfort level with technical equipment, and industry introduction skills will predict a student's entry-level journalism skills. The first two hypotheses listed about were not supported. The third one listed above was supported. (There were other hypotheses discussed.) Networking was noted as the most important element in students' introduction to J/MC programs.
As is often the case at the end of the formal presentations, the session ended with a lively Q&A time between audience members and presenters.
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