A Social Media Education Blog by Matthew J. Kushin, Ph.D.
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This post may contain affiliate links, meaning at no additional cost to you, if you click a link and make a purchase, I will make a commission. Please read my disclosure for details. I Created a Class About Happiness and the Media In my last past, I talked about happiness, the pandemic, and higher education. […]
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This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Chapter 3 of the 2017 report on undergraduate public relations education published by the Commission on Public Relations Education examines key skills students need to succeed in entry-level positions. When it comes to skills, practitioners rated social media management and research & analytics […]
Continue reading Now, More than Ever, We Must Teach Skills and Abilities. Here’s a Quick and Easy Framework for Doing So.This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. This post is a quick reminder that, as always, during the summer months I will be toning back my frequency of posting on this blog. But don’t you worry! I’ll be picking up full steam with my regular publication schedule of posting every […]
Continue reading Recommended Readings for Academics This SummerThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Everyone seems to be talking about VR these days. For Christmas, my brother gave me a Google Cardboard. It took no time for me to see why VR is all the rage and is set to take off in 2016. Simply put: Google […]
Continue reading Where is the missing Google Cardboard Photo Sharing App?This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. If you are a lover of Google Scholar like me (I’ve written a few posts on becoming a G Scholar power user, in case you’ve missed them) you may have seen that the 2014 Google Scholar Metrics are out.
Continue reading Top Journals in Communication According to Google Scholar in 2014This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. By now, you’ve probably heard about the controversy surrounding the massive study conducted by Facebook, titled “Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks” and published in the June Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences.
Continue reading Facebook’s Controversial Study: Some Thoughts and Teaching OpportunitiesI’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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