ICA Conference Panel: Social Media Data

I’m back from a great trip to ICA! The conference was filled with inspiring and informative panels. And it was great to see colleagues and friends! I want to take a quick minute to share a post summarizing a great panel I attended. Since Mary Joyce (@MetaActivism) summarizes the post here and the capabilities of the […]

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Back from Poland and off to ICA 2014 in Seattle!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Hope everyone’s week is off to a great start! It is very busy here. Kelin and I just returned from a weeklong trip to Poland. We went to Krakow and Warsaw. I’m leaving early Thursday morning to head the International Communication Association conference in […]

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“Social Media and Mobiles” Social Media and Politics Research Published!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. I hope everyone is staying warm! Here in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, we’ve got some terribly cold weather heading our way tonight! I want to take a moment to share some news from the research side of my life in academia. […]

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Follow up research to “Did Social Media Really Matter?” Published!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Exciting News! This week’s post is a quick announcement those interested in research on social media and civic and political participation! My latest publication with my colleague, former fellow WSU graduate student, and good friend Masahiro Yamomoto […]

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Why Do Academics Blog? Mysteries of 21st century academia!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving break! A recent article published in Studies in Higher Education asks: Why do academics blog? Hmm. I guess it seemed obvious. Why does anyone blog? Fame, fortune…? Then I got thinking. Yeah, why do academics blog? Of […]

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