Kudos to the following students for winning Top Student Paper awards in their divisions at the 2011 Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) conference in Little Rock!
Dr. Yolanda Campbell (left) successfully defended her dissertation today. Her dissertation, titled "Outsiders within: A framing analysis of Eight Black and White U.S. newspapers' coverage of the civil rights movement from 1954-1964," was directed by Dr. Fei Xue (right). Congrats to both!
Congratulations to students who presented their research at the USM Graduate Research Symposium today!Kaylene Armstrong:
Framing tragedy: A study of the reporting in Mississippi and Ohio college student newspapers following the Kent State and Jackson State shootings in May 1970
In the Beginning: Development of student newspapers in the 1800s
Thomas Broadus:
Old Spice: Viral goes social in postmodern advertising
Casey Hart:
Heroine worth her Salt?: A semiotic analysis of the role of women in action films through the movie Salt.
Sidharth Muralidharan and Kristie Dillistone:
Deepwater horizon: Extending the theory of image restoration discourse in the realm of social media
Pam Parry:
Prescription for news: An analysis of the Eisenhower administration’s medical disclosure policy
Judith Roberts, Kristie Dillistone, Rebecca Scott, and Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin:
From the Classroom to the Newsroom: Students’ Perception of Multimedia and Social Media in Their Education and Careers
Dr. Jason Peterson (right) successfully defended his dissertation today. His dissertation, titled "Full court press: How Mississippi newspapers helped keep state college basketball segregated, 1955-1973," was directed by Dr. Dave Davies (left). Congrats to both!
