LSC Professors Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele have an opinion piece in today’s New York Times, “This Story Stinks,” about their recent research in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication examining the effects of incivility in reader comments on perceptions of nanotechnology. Brossard and …
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lsc students learn through visual storytelling
LSC students are learning to use photography to tell a visual story in Professor Shiela Reaves‘ Photography for the Sciences class, LSC 450, this semester. “Students learn how to photograph and the art of picture editing,” …
New SCIMEP research on effects of negative online comments published
New research from the Science, Media and the Public (SCIMEP) lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, affiliated with LSC, on the adverse effects of negative comments online is out this week in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. The …
two lsc ph.d.’s accept tenure-track faculty positions at colorado state university and the university of georgia
Two LSC Ph.D.’s, Ashley A. Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) and doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore, have accepted tenure-track faculty positions. Ashley A. Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Communication in …
lsc students use social media to market themselves professionally
LSC students are learning best practices in social media marketing from industry leader and LSC Faculty Associate Don Stanley. “Students are learning how to use digital marketing and social media tools in a strategic way,” says …
Doctoral student Sara K. Yeo leads paper published in PLoS One
LSC doctoral student Sara K. Yeo leads a paper recently published in PLOS One, “Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Dynamics in Response to a Natural Disturbance.” The paper is based on her masters research at the University of Hawai’i. Yeo and …
lsc alumnus dennis dimick to receive nppa’s joseph a. sprague memorial award
LSC alumnus Dennis Dimick (MS ’74) will be honored by the National Press Photographers Association(NPPA) with a Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award this March. Dimick is Executive Editor at National Geographic Magazine, where he leads environmental coverage. He joined …
Don Stanley named one of Social Media Marketing Magazine’s top 100 marketing professors worldwide
LSC Faculty Associate Don Stanley has been named to the Social Media Marketing Magazine’s list of 100 “Top Marketing Professors on Twitter.” Stanley is new to the list this year and comes in at number 38. View the full …
recent lsc alumna michele dalton to join umf selfoss professional soccer team in iceland
LSC alumna Michele Dalton (B.S., ’12) will be playing for the UMF Selfoss soccer team in Iceland this year. The team competes in the top Icelandic Women’s Professional Soccer League. Dalton, a native of Mt. Prospect, Illinois, …
LSC researchers publish on the development of nanotechnology discourses in social media environments
LSC doctoral student Kristin K. Runge and a team of Life Sciences Communication researchers have research on nanotechnology Twitter traffic in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research. The study, “Tweeting nano: how public discourses about …