1-8 Teresa Myers Job Talk
1-22 Erik Nisbet, “Anti-Americanism as Media Effect? Media selection, exposure and public opinion about the United States in the Middle East”
2-5 Ivan Dylko, “Explicating Political User-Generated Content and Theorizing About Its Effects on Democracy Using Mix-of-Attributes Approach”
2-19 Discussion of series of Journal of Communication works on the future of political communication effects research:
- Bennett, W. L., & Iyengar, S. (2008). A new era of minimal effects? The changing foundations of political communication. Journal of Communication, 58, 707-731.
- Holbert, R. L., Garrett, R. K., & Gleason, L. S. (2010). A new era of minimal effects? A response to Bennett and Iyengar. Journal of Communication, 60, 15-34.
- Bennett, W. L., & Iyengar, S. (2010).The shifting foundations of political communication: Responding to a defense of the media effects paradigm. Journal of Communication, 60, XX-XX.
3-5 Jay Hmielowski, “Developing a Measure of Affinity for Political Humor” and Megan Hill, “Striking Similarities: Making the Match between Cable TV News Personalities and Interpersonal Communication Style”
3-12 Visitation Day for Prospective Graduate Students for Incoming 2010-2011 class