Professor Marie-Louise Mares recently won the 2018 Senior Scholar Award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of the International Communication Association. She was nominated by a group of current and former graduate student advisees, including James Alex Bonus, Alanna Peebles, Laura Stephenson, Gayathri Sivakumar, Valerie Kretz, and Emily Acosta. Collaborators Amy Nathanson (OSU) …
Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, actor, and Communication Arts alum Brian Stack (’88) visited UW–Madison on September 14. Stack graciously spent part of his morning at a Q&A with Comm Arts students, and in the evening was the featured guest of an event hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, “A Conversation with Brian Stack.” At the events, Stack …
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Professor Rob Asen is the 2018 recipient of the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from the National Communication Association (NCA). The award is given annually to honor the most outstanding scholarly monograph(s) published during the previous calendar year. Professor Asen is recognized for his detailed study, “Neoliberalism, the Public …
Join us for a symposium with UW–Madison alumni documentary producers Justine Nagan, Raney Aronson-Rath, and Libby Geist. Attend one or two discussions with the filmmakers, as well as free screenings of their recent films. Discussions: Careers in Documentary – Friday, Sept. 7, 10:00am-12:00pm Documentary Aesthetics + Politics – Friday, Sept. 7, 2:00-4:00pm Films: Typeface – Justine …
Welcome, students! The fall semester is right around the corner and many of you have just moved in, recently switched apartments, or have been enjoying summer in Madison, awaiting the arrival of the new semester. We look forward to seeing you in Communication Arts courses and around campus, and wish you the best of luck …
The winners of the 77th Peabody Awards were recently announced. The Peabodys are the oldest award for electronic media, and to many the most prestigious: Walter Cronkite famously noted that “you count your Emmys; you cherish your Peabodys.” They acknowledge not just excellence but “stories that matter,” and media that contributes substantially and significantly to …
Want to show off your Comm Arts pride? Need something more official for academic and professional events? Well, you’re in luck! Comm Arts has launched an online store featuring a variety of clothing options. The store is accepting orders for the next ten days and will close at 11:59pm Monday, June 11th. The two links …
The school year has come to a close and so have your times as undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. You’ve completed a degree designed to give you critical thinking skills, as well as an understanding and appreciation of many different forms of human communication. It’s time to say goodbye to friends, faculty, and beautiful …
Decades before the creation of podcasts, TED Talks, and NPR programming, the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) utilized radio technology to educate and inform the American public. The important and forgotten story of this organization will be told thanks to a $217,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities 2017 Humanities Collections and …
From the spring of 2015 through the fall of 2016, Professor Karyn Riddle and four graduate students at UW–Madison researched and wrote a new paper on the nature of TV binge-watching. After a lengthy peer review process, the paper will be published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture in the coming months. Notably, …