School of Communications

Internetnews.com carried a story on a new report released by the Imagining the Internet Center in the School of Communications in partnership with the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Six new faculty and staff members with strong and varied professional and educational backgrounds have joined the ranks in the School of Communications starting in Fall 2008.

Associate professor Jessica Gisclair delivered her Faculty Research and Development sabbatical research presentation Aug. 27 on intellectual property piracy and copyright both domestically and in China.

The video interviews conducted at the OECD Future of the Internet Economy ministerial conference by Elon University students Ashley Barnas and Craig Campbell and assistant professor Dr. Glenn Scott are now online.

He spends much of his day on Facebook. Truly not a revelation, considering senior Bobby Hoppey is a college student, thus part of a demographic that lives on social media networks.

Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications, is featured in a new online podcast interview with Aaron Strout of Mzinga. Strout is the VP of New Media for Mzinga, a white-label social networks provider based in the Boston area who's known for his interviews with technology experts. The podcast is posted on his "We Are Smarter Than Me" Podcasts site.

Thirteen faculty members from Elon’s School of Communications participated in the 2008 national convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the Marriott Hotel on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago.

Assistant professor Peter Kiwitt was named the founding chair of the Entertainment Industry caucus for the University Film and Video Association (UFVA).

Two student-run television programs at Elon – Phoenix14News and Win Stuff – won top awards this summer in both the Communicator and Telly Awards national competitions.

A survey conducted by Elon faculty and students at the United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum in Brazil identifies top issues facing development of network communications around the world. The study was conducted by the Imagining the Internet Center in the School of Communications in partnership with the Pew Internet & American Life Project.