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Spring Research Colloquium set

SoJ Web Report — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:58:17 +0000

Aquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)
Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker Series (Feb. 9)
Ibold to talk on 'Dissent at Distance' (Feb. 9)

The school's Research Colloquium series provides a venue for researchers to present their work and receive feedback from colleagues, as well as a way for others to learn about projects.

The spring schedule is below. All talks are at 4 p.m. in Ernie Pyle Hall lounge and are open to all.

Jan. 23: Professors David Weaver and Lars Willnat
“The Global Journalist: Are U.S. journalists really that different?”

Feb. 6: Kioko Ireri, PhD student
“Kenya Journalists: A study of demographics, job satisfaction, news values and perceived autonomy”

Feb. 20: Valerie Aquila, PhD student
“Smithsonian 9/11 Conversations: The role of engaged visitors in the creation of individual-level audience frames”

March 5: Jihyang Choi, PhD student
“Another Challenge: How the convergence of print journalism and social media affects newspaper journalists in South Korea”

March 19: Professor Claude Cookman
“The Humanist Tradition in French Magazine Photojournalism”

April 2: Shuo Tang, PhD student
“The Visual Framing of Earthquakes in China: A cross-national study of news photographs in China, Great Britain and the United States”

April 16: Emily Ehmer, PhD student
“A Little Burma in Fort Wayne: How a local newspaper frames refugees from Burma”

School sets fall colloquium schedule

SoJ Web Report — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:44:03 +0000

Aquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)
Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker Series (Feb. 9)
Ibold to talk on 'Dissent at Distance' (Feb. 9)

The school's Research Colloquium series provides a venue for researchers to present their work and receive feedback from colleagues, as well as a way for others to learn about projects.

The fall schedule is below. All talks are at 4 p.m. in Ernie Pyle Hall lounge and are open to all.

Sept. 6, Doctoral student Rosemary Pennington
“Male in the Masjid: The Framing of Muslim Men in Little Mosque on the Prairie”

Sept. 20, Professor Shannon Martin
“The Freedom of Information Act and James Russell Wiggins: A Model for Legislative Activism”

Oct. 4, Pedro Farias Batlle and Sergio Roses Campos, Professors, Department of Journalism, University of Málaga, Spain
“Media and Journalists in Spain: Portrayal of a Mediterranean Media System”

Oct. 18 , Gerry Lanosga, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Ball State University
“Power, Pulitzers and the Press: How We Can Learn about Journalism and Society Through the Study of Prize Materials”

Nov. 1, Doctoral student Bill Hornaday
“Tweeting the Police Scanner”

Nov. 15 , Associate professor Jim Kelly
“Audience Perspectives on Dilemma Faced by Photojournalists”

Nov. 29 , Doctoral student Jaesik Ha
“Partisan Selective Exposure and Presidential Evaluation: Moderating Factors of Priming Effect”

Dec. 6, Doctoral student Fatima Al-Salem
“Journalism in Kuwait: Newspaper Journalists’ Practices, Professional Values and Perceived Roles”

WFHB looking for EcoReport writers

SoJ Web Report — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:30:07 +0000

Enter SPJ T-shirt design contest by Feb. 1 (Jan. 24)
Panelists present ASR project at scholastic meeting (Jan. 19)
Ed on Campus sponsors internship panel (Jan. 15)

Interested in radio journalism? Community radio station WFHB is looking for volunteer writers for its public affairs program, EcoReport. The station will train journalism students, who will have the chance to build their portfolios and gain some real-world experience.

More:

Contact assistant professor Hans Ibold if you are interested.
Visit the WFHB website and listen to podcasts of the EcoReport program.

Doctoral student work nets top AEJMC prizes

SoJ Web Report — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:16:35 +0000

Brubeck places third in Hearst enterprise reporting division (Feb. 9)
Three win Dow Jones editing internships (Jan. 17)
Scholarship application deadline Jan. 17 (Jan. 6)

Four students and one newly-minted Ph.D. alumnus scored six awards for the research work at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference Aug. 10-13 in St. Louis.

Covering a variety of topics, from analyses of news during the Haitian earthquake to framing of Tea Party candidates, the work earned prizes in their respective divisions as well as overall top awards.

During the conference, students also presented their work, and faculty members moderated and served on panels. (See a full report.)

Here are the winners:

Jason A. Martin, Ph.D.’11

“Understanding the Internet’s Impact on International Knowledge and Engagement: News Attention, Social Media Use, and the 2010 Haitian Earthquake”
First Place Student Paper Award in the Mass Communication and Society Division

This paper examines the relationship of media use, foreign affairs political knowledge, and international involvement using a nationally representative survey conducted after the 2010 Haitian earthquake. Analysis found that news exposure, news attention and various types of social media use produced significant independent positive associations with international news knowledge and involvement. Cable TV exposure, Internet news exposure and radio exposure were the most important predictors of international knowledge. News attention, email use, social media use and texting were the strongest predictors of involvement. Thus, media use helped moderate the knowledge gap and predict likelihood of donating to the relief effort.
(See a PDF of the paper.)

Bill W. Hornaday

“Tweeting the Police Scanner: The Rediscovered Liabilities”
This paper won the Whitney and Shirley Mundt Award, First Place Student Paper in the Law and Policy Division.

This article examines First Amendment issues that might arise when professional or citizen journalists use Twitter to spread information obtained from police scanner transmissions. It addresses confusion concerning the practice’s legality and illustrates potential risks. It concludes by arguing that “scanner tweeting” should be done sparingly and under guidelines that minimize the spread of flawed information, reduce the risk of a potential defamation lawsuit, and promote the safety of emergency personnel, the public and media.
(See a PDF of the paper.)

Jihyang Choi

“The Effects of Questionnaire Frames on Indicators of Data Quality”
Winner of the Chaffee-McLeod Award, First Place Student Paper in the Communication Theory and Methodology division.

This study aims to empirically test how different kinds of frames of survey questions –“informative” and “accepting consequences” frames– affect the quality of the survey data collected. The “don’t know” response rate and the level of opinion diversification were adopted as criteria to measure data quality. The study reveals “informative” frames, in which background information about particular issues or policies is provided in the form of a preamble, did not increase the data quality significantly. “Accepting consequences” frames yielded contradictory results depending upon the level of the consequences involved. When the questions contain frames that facilitate the respondents making an evaluation about the personal-level consequences, the data quality significantly improved. However, the quality did not increase in the frames of the national-level consequences.
(See a PDF of the paper.)

Jaesik Ha

“Press Independence in the Guantanamo Controversy: Effects of The New York Times’ Coverage on Public Opinion During the Bush and Obama Administrations”
This paper won the MacDougall Award, First Place Student Paper Award in the Newspaper Division.

This study analyzed The New York Times’ coverage of the Guantanamo prison issue between 2004 and 2010. It investigates two aspects of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: How NYT covered the controversy over the closing of the Guantanamo prison during the Bush and the Obama administrations; and How NYT’s choice of frames affected public opinion. NYT showed itself a powerful and consistent challenger to the Bush administration on the Guantanamo issue by using more torture framing which described the Guantanamo prison as violating the human rights of prisoners and lacking due process. However, NYT’s coverage did not have an impact on the public’s judgment about the closing of the Guantanamo prison. NYT’s framing might be outweighed in the public’s mind by the “War on Terror” frame.
(See a PDF of the paper.)

Jaesik Ha
“Ronald Reagan in Heels: How Tea Party ‘Mama Grizzlies’ Framed Gender and Public Issues in the 2010 U.S. Mid-Term Election”
This paper won the First Place Student Paper Award in the Commission on the Status of Women Division.

This study conducted a discourse analysis of news interviews of female Tea Party candidates, television debates, and campaign ads during the 2010 U.S. election. Female candidates attacked both the “femininity” of male candidates and President Obama’s policies, such as health care and abortion. These candidates not only attacked the manhood of their opponents but also constructed a public persona with clear links to widely known conservative luminaries. They tried to depict themselves as disciples of Ronald Reagan and Sarah Palin. By doing so, they framed themselves as determined and courageous politicians. The tactical choice to align their public personas with Reagan and to become Palinesque “mama grizzlies” was the result of their judgment that such personas could be advantageous to their campaigns.
(See a PDF of the paper.)

Mohammed H. S. Mohammed al-Azdee
“The Salience-Setting Function”
This paper won the Third Place Student Paper Award in the Communication Theory and Methodology Division.

Agenda Setting Effect and Political Predisposition Effect are two latent constructs in a structural model. While Affect Salience conceptualizes their covariance, saliences in both of them compete to predict a third latent variable, Voting for President Obama. The analysis shows that in voting behavior, an individual significantly relies on Salience-Setting Function that primarily composes of political predisposition salience and affect salience. Need for Orientation explains condition when the function becomes consequences of media agenda setting.

Ireri receives international grant

SoJ Web Report — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:10:55 +0000

Doctoral student Kioko Ireri is the recipient of the International Enhancement Grant for a summer 2011 internship at a public opinion research organization based in Nairobi, Kenya. The grant is jointly funded by the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs and the University Graduate School.

Aquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)
Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker Series (Feb. 9)
Ibold to talk on 'Dissent at Distance' (Feb. 9)

Batcheller curates exhibit on refugees from Burma

SoJ Web Report — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:15:29 +0000

Photo courtesy Traditional Arts Indiana

Graduate student Anna Batcheller talked to some of the Chin people during a special celebration in November. She curated an exhibit about the refugees that is on display until Jan. 10.

Using her training in both ethnography and journalism, graduate student Anna Batcheller curated an exhibit on refugees from Burma that is on display at the Southport Public Library in Indianapolis through Jan. 10.

The culmination of a year’s work, Batcheller used her own photos and reporting as well as other materials to create the exhibit, which depicts the lives of the more than 5,000 people from the Chin ethnic group in Burma who live in relative obscurity in Indianapolis.

“Neighbors from Burma” includes some photos taken by the Chin residents. Batcheller said she gave several residents digital cameras and asked them to document their lives for two weeks. She chose some of the resulting photos for the exhibit.

For the text, Batcheller drew on her own interviews of the Chin people and she created multimedia slideshows as part of the storytelling, which includes still photos and music.

Batcheller is one of the first graduate students to opt for the dual master’s degree from the School of Journalism and the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.

The project is sponsored by Traditional Arts Indiana, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission and the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Pros offer practical advice at NSJC workshop

Gena Asher — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:17:11 +0000

Photo by Brian Hendrickson

Author Roy Peter Clark, left, and New York Times sports reporter John Branch were two of the featured speakers at the Writing Tools for Sports Journalists workshop.

Overseas Study chat Aug. 15 (Aug. 8)
Website looking for reporters, photographers (Jan. 15)
Fellows wind up week of workshops (June 17)

Professionals and students took notes and listened carefully to authors Roy Peter Clark and L. Jon Wertheim as the two gave advice and suggestions during the Writing Tools for Sports Journalists workshop Sept. 20 at the IUPUI campus. The daylong event was sponsored by the IU National Sports Journalism Center.

Roy Peter Clark, author of 14 books on writing and journalism, gave the students and professional journalists in attendance an overview of his “50 Writing Tools” and offered examples.

L. Jon Wertheim, who writes for Sports Illustrated, and New York Times sports reporter John Branch, who joined the group for a lunchtime question and answer session, gave the attendees practical advice.

Read more at the NSJC website.

Pieratt’s new bio on Harmon coincides with Civil Rights game

Gena Asher — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:35:23 +0000

Visiting professor Marty Pieratt’s new book, First Black Red: The Story of Chuck Harmon, the First African American to Play Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, will be part of the celebration Saturday during the Civil Rights baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

The book is a biography of Chuck Harmon, a Washington, Ind., native and one of 12 children who was the first African-American to suit up for the Reds April 17, 1954. (Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier in 1947.)

Pieratt researched Harmon’s path from his Washington roots to his challenges in the big leagues for the new book. The book is available at authorhouse.com.

Pieratt is a former Cincinnati-area Emmy-winning broadcaster who joined the faculty two years ago.

Aquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)
Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker Series (Feb. 9)
Ibold to talk on 'Dissent at Distance' (Feb. 9)

Martin’s paper accepted for AAPOR

Gena Asher — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:55:12 +0000

Doctoral student Jason Martin has had a paper accepted for presentation at the 65th annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research May 13-16 in Chicago.

Martin’s paper, "Assessing Online Media Use and Digital Interpersonal Communication Variables as Predictors of Political Knowledge," examines how developments in mobile media are affecting the way people acquire and learn public affairs information.

Aquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)
Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker Series (Feb. 9)
Ibold to talk on 'Dissent at Distance' (Feb. 9)

Trustees approve sports journalism master’s degree

Gena Asher — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:01:31 +0000

Read the details at the National Sports Journalism Center Web site.
Overseas Study chat Aug. 15 (Aug. 8)
Website looking for reporters, photographers (Jan. 15)
Fellows wind up week of workshops (June 17)

The Indiana University Board of Trustees unanimously has approved what is believed to be the nation’s first master’s degree in sports journalism.

The master of arts degree in sports journalism would be a 30-credit hour program housed at the Indiana University School of Journalism at IUPUI. The program would begin in the fall 2010 semester.

The new sports journalism degree still must be approved by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. The commission likely will make a decision on the new sports journalism degree within the next three to four months.

The new master’s degree is part of a larger effort to make the Indiana University School of Journalism the home of America’s most comprehensive sports media program. The school launched the National Sports Journalism Center in January, and it began a series of undergraduate courses at the IU-Bloomington and IUPUI campuses this fall.

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