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Thursday, December 05, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Photo, reinterpreted
Seat of power, or just plain scary?!
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Certificate Awarded for Contributions to UGA students career development
I was honored to receive this recognition which, according to the accompanying letter was granted because "several UGA Class of 2013 graduates [when asked to identify UGA faculty and staff who have had a significant, positive impact on their career decision-making process] have identified you as a person who has contributed greatly to their career development." My thanks to those students and the UGA Career Center.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Frankfurt School -- Mass Communication Theory
Here are some short videos that represent various aspects of Frankfurt School thought.
They may help us get in the mood!
Interested in Critical Theory? Visit JRMC 9011 or take it next Spring (it's required)
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Paradigms of Knowledge
After several weeks of arduous study, Master's students in my Proseminar in Mass Communication Research class defined 3 different paradigms of knowledge "in their own words" as the lawyers like to say. As the students' work shows, different basic beliefs guide how one asks questions, how one seeks for answers and how, indeed, one recognizes an answer. If you have any questions or comments regarding the students' explanations, leave them in the comments section of this entry.
POST POSITIVISM
·Reality is real
and can be understood through empirical research
·Social insights
can and should be improved upon through social scientific methodologies
·Allows for
reformulations and replication of existing theories
·Research strives
for objectivity
CRITICAL THEORY
·Reality is
contextual
·Suggests that
ideology equals power, the power to describe and live events in a particular
way in which to ensure social norms (hegemony)
·Social
structures are analyzed (textual analysis/historical) to empower the
disenfranchised
POST-MODERNISM
·Rejects singular
truth values/representations and proposes multiple truths, showing them by
juxtaposed voices and observations
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
My Dog, Mercury
Meet my dog, Mercury Murphy Roushanzamir. She also writes a blog. Her most recent entry provides some insight into new media art & social media and also provides links to 3 galleries (app: Zapd) which show off her iPhotography. And, she identifies the apps that contribute to her creative work.
Please take a look at the blog (address below) and visit the gallery links.
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