Are you thinking about introducing your 70 year old grandmother, mother, or friend to Facebook? Do you think you’ll be successful? According to graduate student Michael Braun’s (BA ’06, MA ’11) research on older adult’s use of social networking sites, three factors will help predict your success rate. His findings suggest that older adults are more …
Carla Pentimone, a Communication Arts graduate and forward on the national champion women’s hockey team, recently received congratulations from College of Letters & Science Associate Dean Susan Zaeske. Pentimore, who received the team’s 2010-2011 Most Inspiring Badger Player Award, will be entering the graduate program in communication at Northwestern University in the fall. On graduation day she …
Undergraduate Communication Arts majors Bobby Gryzynger & Nickolas Good were recognized in Year of the Arts Student Awards at the 2011 Awards in the Creative Arts. The Creative Arts Awards, curated by the UW-Madison Arts Institute, recognized students, faculty, and staff in the arts for their excellence in three areas — creative inquiry, outreach, and professional …
Thanks to an historic agreement between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the government of Taiwan, the film archive of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research will receive a trove of 35mm films representing some of the best work of the New Taiwanese Cinema. The donation was first announced in November 2010 during Chancellor Biddy Martin’s visit to Taiwan and …
In Madison to present their newest films at the 13th AnnualWisconsin Film Festival, independent film directors Brett Haley and Alex Ross Perry spoke to Communication Arts students about their experiences in writing, producing, and directing independent films. Conversing with undergraduate students in Faculty Associate Erik Gunneson’s Comm Arts 467: Cinematography & Sound Recording and Comm Arts 659: …
In the second episode in a row featuring Communication Arts faculty, Professor Emerita in Communication Science Joanne Cantor appeared on the Big Ten Network’s news interview program“Office Hours”. Cantor explained how performing multiple tasks concurrently actually results in lower productivity. Cantor also discussed “cyberoverload,” — the detrimental impact on productivity and creativity from the extensive introduction of …
Professor in Media & Cultural Studies Jonathan Gray and Professor in Communication ScienceMichael Xenos examined the expanding role of political satire in today’s news coverage on the Big Ten Network’s news interview program “Office Hours”. Gray and Xenos discussed television programs such as The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and The Simpsons, as well as radio shows like The Rush Limbaugh Show and saterical …
Prolific filmmaker, documentarian, commercial director, and UW-Madison alumnus Errol Morris(History, ’69) recently appeared at numerous signature campus events as part of the university’sYear of the Arts celebration. On Thursday, October 21st, Morris taped an appearence on Wisconsin Reflections, a Big Ten Network interview series for UW-Madison alumni & friends. Later that night, he spoke in the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture …
Professor in Rhetoric Karma Chávez was recently featured on the Big Ten Network’s news interview program “Office Hours” as she discussed the intersection of immigration and LGBTQ social issues. “Office Hours” is a half hour weekly talk show on the Big Ten Network hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Science Professor Ken Goldstein. The show is produced by University Communications and the guest selection, research, and …
Grammy winning, Webby honoree, and Emmy nominated songwriter, artist, set designer, director, and collector Allee Willis(BA ’69, Journalism) recently discussed with Communication Arts students, faculty, and staff her more than thirty-year career in art. Willis, whose hit songs include Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,” The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” and The Rembrandts’ “I’ll …