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Congrats, Dr. Sid!

AJHA

Doctoral students Kaylene Armstrong and Riva Teague presented their research at the 2011 American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) conference in Kansas City, MO. Congrats!

New Book

A book edited by Dr. Emmanuel C. Alozie, who received his Ph.D from the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at Southern Miss. in 1999, was released by Gower Publishing on August 1, 2011. Congratulations!

http://www.amazon.com/Advertising-Developing-Emerging-Countries-Emmanuel/dp/0566091747

PubCamp MS 2011

PubCamp MS 2011 was held on USM campus on July 30. The conference was organized by master's student, Thomas Broadus, as part of his graduate project. Representatives from media, local businesses, and government departments attended the conference.

http://www.usm.edu/news/article/pubcampms-2011-be-held-july-30-rc-cook-union

Conference presentations

Thomas Broadus, Melody Fisher, Riva Teague, and Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin will present their research, "The Use of Blogging as Online Grassroots Activism: Analysis of Blogs in the Scott Sisters Case," at 2011 AEJMC conference.

Leslie Rasmussen will present her research, "Sustaining and training with Web 2.0: Preparing students for convergent environments when resources are scarce" at the 10th Convergence and Society Conference. http://sc.edu/cmcis/newsplex/FallConf2011/index.html

Congratulations to all!

Synergy Journal

Congratulations to Kaylene Armstrong and Thomas Broadus for publishing their research papers in the 2011 Spring issue of Synergy Journal!

Kaylene Armstrong: "In the beginning: Development of student newspaper in the 1800s"
Thomas Broadus: "Old Spice: Viral goes social in postmodern advertising"

More info about the journal:
http://www.usm.edu/graduateschool/Synergy.php