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Communication - September, 2007
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Save the Date
October 3, 1 pm., “A Discussion with David Friend, author of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11/07,” Simpson Center Conference Room, Communications 202.
October 3, 3:30 pm. Faculty meeting
October 3, 7:30 pm. Christine Harold, book reading, Our Space: Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture at Elliot Bay Book Store,
October 5, Matthew Nisbet, (co-sponsored by the Department with FOSEP, the student-run campus group that deals with issues of science, ethics, and policy). 11 a.m. “Indirect Truths: Research and Public Scholarship in the Nation’s Capital,” HUB 106B; 3 pm, Discussion group with Chris Mooney and Matthew Nisbet, “When Science turns Political: Tips and Tools for Communicating Science,” Communications 126. Further details below.
October 25. Communication Alumni Hall of Fame reception, installation of new members. 5-8 pm, UW Club
October 29-30. Site visit, 10 year review.
October 31, 12-1, Joint meeting with Department of Technical Communication faculty. Electrical Engineering Building, Room 403.
Promotions
Congratulations to David Domke, John Gastil, and Mac Parks for promotion to full professor. Thanks, too, to the faculty who worked on our review committees for these promotions: Lance Bennett, Tony Giffard, Valerie Manusov, Gerry Philipsen, and Roger Simpson.
Research Award
Congratulations to Richard Kiebowicz. His article, “The Law and Mob Law in Attacks on Antislavery Newspapers, 1833-1860,” published in Law and History Review in Fall 2006, has received the 2007 Cathy Covert Award. The award goes to the best mass communication history article or chapter in an edited collection published the previous year. The article by Kielbowicz was selected from 19 nominations. The award was endowed by the late Catherine L. Covert, who was a professor of public communications at Syracuse University and head of the AEJMC History Division.
New Faculty
Please welcome Christine Harold, Hanson Hosein, and Cindy Simmons to our faculty.
Alumni Hall of Fame
On October 25, 2007. we will honor the six new Alumni Hall of Fame members with a reception. The new Hall of Fame members are:
David Boardman, MA, 1983 Journalist, Editor David started at The Seattle Times in 1983 as a copy editor and reporter, and has served in numerous roles. He became the paper’s editor in 2005.
As an editor at the paper, he directed two Pulitzer Prize-winning team projects: 1997 Pulitzer for investigative reporting — an investigation of abuses in the federal tribal-housing program; 1990 Pulitzer for national reporting — coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath.
Boardman is the recipient of numerous other major national awards, including the Goldsmith Prize in Investigative Reporting from Harvard University, the Worth Bingham Prize in Investigative Reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and the Associated Press Managing Editors Public Service Award. He is vice president of the Board of Directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and a member of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Board. Boardman has been a reporter and editor at several papers in the Northwest, and worked on a construction project in Liberia, West Africa. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and the University of Washington.
Peter Clarke, BA, 1958 Professor, Health Communication Expert, Nutrition Leader
Peter Clarke holds two appointments at USC: Professor of Preventive Medicine and of Communication. His most recent book (with Susan H. Evans) is "Surviving Modern Medicine" (Rutgers University Press, 1998). Through it, readers discover how to establish better communication with their doctors, make more thoughtful choices among options for care, and get support from friends and family that promotes healing and wellness. Though intended for the general reader, Surviving Modern Medicine is based on more than 500 studies in the medical and behavioral literature.
Clarke has also directed many projects that apply advanced telecommunications to healthcare, including: the design and evaluation of multimedia kiosks to aid cancer patients and their families, as they cope with illness and treatment side effects (funded by the IBM Corp.); and experiments with videoconferencing support groups among illness survivors (various foundations and corporate sponsors). He has published more than 40 articles in professional journals and has edited works such as “The Computer Culture” ( Lexington, 1984), “New Models for Communication Research” (SAGE, 1973), and seven volumes of the Annual Reviews of Communication Research (SAGE). Clarke and Evans also published “Covering Campaigns: Journalism in Congressional Elections” (Stanford University Press, 1983), reporting a nationwide survey of newspapers, journalists, and voters and how the public becomes informed about contenders for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Clarke's current interests center on improving human nutrition. He co-directs (with Susan H. Evans) From the Wholesaler to the Hungry, which has received awards for public service from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the UPS Foundation. The project has helped launch nearly 150 new programs that recover vast quantities of surplus fresh produce and direct these nutritious foods to low-income Americans. Last year, the programs captured almost 300 million lbs. of such "edible-but-not-sellable" fresh fruits and vegetables, distributing them in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Clarke and Evans's project also administers two grant programs (more than 550 awards thus far; $2.1 million granted in 2004) that build the capacity of food rescue efforts at the local level. From the Wholesaler to the Hungry is also developing and field testing web-based tools that enable charitable pantries to tailor recipes and food preparation tips to the varying needs of individual recipients who are offered fresh food but have limited experience preparing meals from scratch.
Frank Garred, BA, 1958 Publisher, Community Newspaper Leader
Frank W. Garred is a retired newspaper publisher, who owned and operated community newspapers on the Olympic Peninsula from 1967 to 2002. He has served as president of the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, the National Newspaper Association (NNA), National Newspaper Association Foundation and the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors. He served seven years as NNA's representative to the national Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Following a tour of with duty in the US Army in Korea, he joined the news staff of the AberdeenDaily World in 1960. He was a newspaper reporter and editor from 1960 until 1967 when he purchased the newspaper at Port Townsend. He served as executive director of the Washington Coalition for Open Government from its creation in 2002 until June 2004.
In 1967, he formed a coalition with two other Washington state community newspaper owners to buy the Port Townsend Leader. From 1967 to 2002 Garred retained ownership and management of the very independent Leader. His mentors, Bruce Wilson (who owned and operated the Omak Chronicle and later became a state senator) and Henry Gay (owner-publisher-editor of the Shelton-Mason County Journal) supported his “independence” as silent but supportive partners.
By 1989 Garred had a concern that the Leader might leak into corporate ownership if a crisis sale of his newspaper was forced. So he recruited a “junior” partner, created an equity contract right from the start, with the commitment to transition ownership over the next 10 years. It took 12, but that commitment never wavered. Today Scott Wilson, Bruce’s son and Garred’s “junior” partner, is owner-editor-publisher of the Leader. “It was an ordained process that I hope other community newspaper families can emulate in an effort to secure for our industry a continuing independent press,” Garred said.
Garred served as president of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association in 1973 and on its board for nearly 16 years. He served on the board and as an officer of the National Newspaper Association, and as president of that organization in 1993. He served in the same capacity with the National Newspaper Association Foundation. He represented NNA on the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications for seven years following his presidency. He is a past president and board member of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, an organization that supports the creation and development of strong editorial voices among the world’s community newspapers.
Bryan Monroe, BA, 1987 Journalist, Editor, Newspaper and Magazine Executive, National Association of Black Journalists’ Leader
Bryan Monroe has been vice president and editorial director of EBONY and JET magazines, since 2006. He joined the magazines after a long career at Knight Ridder, where he was assistant vice president of news (and the second highest-ranking news executive). He is also president of the National Association of Black Journalists.
He led Knight Ridder’s efforts during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, helping the staff of the newspaper in Biloxi, Miss., publish continuously throughout the deadly storm and aftermath. He was first on the scene the day the storm hit. His and the team’s efforts have since been awarded with the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service. Bryan has also been nominated for the Award of Valor from the National Association of Minority Media Executives (NAMME) for work during the coverage of the storm. He was also part of the team that helped the Grand Forks Herald win the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, for coverage of the flood that devastated that rural community.
In 2003, Bryan completed a year at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow, the oldest and most prestigious fellowship in American journalism. Before joining the Mercury News in 1991, Bryan was assistant project director for Knight Ridder's 25/43 Project, a newspaper R&D initiative which created a daily living laboratory for experimentation into the future of newspapers; this “Boca Project” later served as a model for future thinking for newspapers around the globe. He has worked as director of photography and design at the Myrtle Beach (SC) Sun News and as a photographer at The Seattle Times, the Roanoke (VA) Times & World News and United Press International. He was the first African-American editor of the University of WashingtonDaily.
Bryan has won numerous regional, national and international journalism awards and has lectured all over the world, from Cape Town, South Africa to Sydney, Australia. He has been recognized by Presstime magazine as one of the “20 Under 40” — the 20 top American journalists under 40 years old — and was named by MediaWeek magazine as one of the nation's “Media Elite.”
Monroe was named the University of Washington Arts & Sciences 2007 Distinguished Alumnus (Social Sciences division) and will be honored at the Celebration of Distinction in May, 2007.
Mike Peringer, BA, 1957 Marketing Executive, Civic Leader
Mike Peringer, a Seattle native, graduated Roosevelt High School and the University of Washington. After attending law school and graduate school, he entered the business world in Seattle and has been a successful marketing executive for over four decades. He is currently a VP-Marketing/Sale for Process Heating Company, a pioneer manufacturer in the SODO industrial area south of downtown. It was at PHCo that he founded the SODO Business Association in 1992 to represent the 2000 businesses and 50,000 employees in SODO. It was in his capacity as President of the Association that he founded Artworks to assist in cleaning up the area and removing graffiti. Over 5,000 at-risk and other youth have gone through the Artworks program since it was started in 1995. Mike serves and has served on countless committees and councils over the years and as a result has been the recipient of numerous awards for his civic duties including the prestigious Jefferson Award, Sustainable Seattle and the Seattle Police Department’s annual Citizenship honor. Other awards resulting from his involvement with ArtWorks are : Seattle Public Utilities Anti-graffiti Award, Non-Rotarian Person of the Year, SODO Chapter, and Pemco Insurance/KOMO-TV Hometown Hero.
He is the author if Good Kids: The story of ArtWorks and all proceeds from the sale of his book go to Art Works. He also published Lifeline To The Yukon, a history of the Yukon River and has authored numerous articles. A March 6, 2003 Seattle P-I news story describes his art work project: “This two-mile stretch of land is a place where football players, firefighters and mermaids co-exist. As part of more than 50 colorful murals, they grace the backside of otherwise unmemorable buildings that line a busy bus lane near Seattle's sports stadiums. The corridor once was littered with syringes and condoms, overrun by transient camps. It was an unlikely blank canvas for the many youths who would later gather to paint and connect with their community. That is, until Mike Peringer entered the picture. More than seven years ago, he saw the potential and tirelessly pursued a project that united at-risk teenagers and merchants in a war against the Sodo district's rampant graffiti. ArtWorks has not only created the Sodo Urban Art Corridor, it has enhanced construction sites, schools and parks around the city as well. Kids who participate don't just paint pictures — they develop team and leadership skills, and find promising futures.”
Dolores Sibonga, BA, 1952 City Council Member, Community Editor, Attorney, Civic Leader, Community Mentor
H. Dolores Dasalla Sibonga became the first Filipina-American lawyer in Washington state. On October 18, 1973, the Washington State Bar admitted her, making her the first Filipina-American woman member as well. Dolores Sibonga spent her childhood in the International District ( Seattle) and worked at the Estigoy Café, her parents’ restaurant and pool hall.
Graduating from the University of Washington in 1952 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, Sibonga went to work in the fast-paced world of radio and television news in both Spokane and Seattle. In 1968 she and her husband purchased the Filipino Forum after the death of Victor Velasco, its publisher.
Years later, facing her husband’s layoff as a Boeing illustrator, Sibonga went back to school to pursue a degree in law. She learned the difficulties of living on a student’s income, as she, her husband, two daughters and one son survived on her scholarship money.
After graduating, Sibonga went to work as a public defense attorney and then worked for the King County Council as a legislative analyst, later moving to the office of civil rights.
In August 1978, she became the first minority woman to serve on the Seattle City Council, replacing Phyllis Lamphere who had resigned. Sibonga was in office for 12 years, serving three terms. In 1989, she ran unsuccessfully for mayor.
After leaving politics, she returned to being a lawyer. Over the years she has served on many different public commissions, notably the Horse Racing Commission for two years (1998-2000) and the Human Rights Commission for five years (2000-2005).
Sibonga remains an active community member, serving on the boards of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, the Art Institute, Inter*Im, Port Jobs, and the King County Board of Tax Appeals and Equalization and the Community Advocacy Outreach Committee board. She was once arrested at a Civil Rights Movement demonstration at Sea-Tac Airport, and also involved in a fight against the building of the Kingdome. She interned as public defender during her junior year of law school, then became director of the Washington State Human Rights commission.
Science and Communication: Visit by Matthew Nisbet, October 5.
Matthew Nisbet, a social scientist who studies the nature and impacts of strategic communication, will be visiting Seattle and UW on Friday, October 5. The events that day are:
1. Presentation: “Indirect Truths: Research and Public Scholarship in the Nation’s Capital,” Matthew Nisbet, American University, Friday, October 5, 2007 11:00 AM, Husky Union Building HUB 106B
Nisbet’s current work tracks scientific and environmental controversies, examining the interactions between experts, journalists, and various publics. In this research, Nisbet studies how news coverage reflects and shapes policy, how strategists try to mold public opinion, and how citizens make sense of controversies. He has analyzed a wide range of debates, including those over stem cell research, global warming, intelligent design-creationism, plant biotechnology, and hurricanes. The author of numerous research articles, his work appears across a number of leading peer-reviewed journals. Over the past several years, these studies have been cited more than a 150 times by other scholars. Nisbet tracks current events related to strategic communication at his blog Framing Science.
2. Discussion group with Chris Mooney and Matthew Nisbet, “When Science turns Political: Tips and Tools for Communicating Science,” Friday, October 5th, 2007 3:00 PM, Communication Building CMU 126
In this informal discussion group, Nisbet and Mooney will lead a discussion on the techniques of communicating science to a broader audience and share their experiences from the interface between science and politics. Join us and learn from two experts in the field of Science Communication.
3. “Speaking Science 2.0” Chris Mooney and Matthew Nisbet, Pacific Science Center's Eames IMAX Theater, Friday, October 5, 2007 7:00 PM, Free to the Public
In this public presentation, journalist Chris Mooney and communication professor Matthew Nisbet explain how scientists and their allies can "reframe" old debates in new ways, remaining true to the science but taking advantage of a fragmented media environment to connect with a broader American public. Drawing on case studies from the battles over stem cell research, evolution, global warming, hurricanes, and other subjects, a key point of emphasis will be that scientists must adopt a language that emphasizes shared values and has broad appeal, avoiding the mistake of talking down to fellow citizens or attacking their religious beliefs.
Innovative strategies for public engagement could not be more urgent: Science will figure, as never before, in the 2008 presidential campaign and beyond. Scientific "facts" will increasingly be pulled into fraught political contexts, and bent and twisted in myriad ways. This political environment can seem perplexing to scientists, but it's one to which they must adapt if they want their hard-won knowledge to play its necessary role in shaping the future of our nation.
Chris Mooney will available after the event to sign his books, Storm World and The Republican War on Science.
Colloquium
Join the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Chapter for a lunchtime reception and conversation with David Friend, Vanity Fair editor and author of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11/07.
Wednesday, October 3, 1 pm. Simpson Center (Room 202 Communications).
Friend, Vanity Fair's editor of creative development, served as Life magazine's director of photography during the 1990s. Friend is the author of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11 (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2006). He won Emmy and Peabody Awards as an executive producer of the CBS documentary 9/11, which has aired in more than 140 countries.
As a correspondent, Friend has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Lebanon, and elsewhere. As an editor, Friend broke the “Deep Throat” story in 2005, revealing that Mark Felt was Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s secret Watergate source. As a writer, Friend contributes frequently (on photographic and news subjects) to Vanity Fair, American Photo, and The Digital Journalist Web site. His humorous articles and cartoons have appeared in The Washington Post, Discover, The Common Review, and the on-line journal Salon. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker.
What critics are saying about Watching the World Change:
"A lucid, thoughtful, and wide-ranging book . . . David Friend's excellent writing conveys more of the truth of the day than photographs can."--Garrison Keillor, The New York Times Book Review
"An elegant and moving examination of the photographic legacy of that day in history. . . . Brings meaning to a terrible time."--The Times Picayune, New Orleans
"Compelling . . . Surely the most original treatment so far of the cultural impact of the day."--Frank Rich, The New York Times
For more information, contact the Dart Center at 206-616-3223.
Forum: “Wiki-Media”
The Department of Communication is a co- sponsor of a Seattle City Club forum titled “Wiki-Media: The Modern World of Journalism.” October 4, 12-1:30 pm, at the Washington Athletic Club ( 1325 Sixth Avenue). Panelists include: Mike Fancher, Editor at Large, The Seattle Times; Mónica Guzmán, Online Reporter and Big Blog Contributor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Robert L. Jeffrey Jr., Publisher/CEO, ColorsNW Magazine; David Schneiderman, former CEO of the national alternative newspaper company Village Voice Media, and former Deputy Editor of the Op-Ed page at the New York Times. The moderator is Cindy Zehnder, President, TVW
The focus:
Who plays and who pays in the modern world of journalism? As technology permits the free-flowing and rapid exchange of information, has news been enhanced or do we suffer from lack of accountability? Anyone with a computer can publish a blog, mainstream newspapers are shifting to meet 24-hour demand and presidential candidates are questioned and analyzed in an electronic frenzy. Search engines race to post news headlines, daily bulletins crowd our inboxes and magazines on every subject imaginable fill entire aisles at the supermarket. Who is creating and paying for all this news and information? What do we really need? What can we trust? Join CityClub for a look at innovations and dangers in the emerging print and online media landscape.
$35/CityClub Members, $40/Guests and members of co-presenting organizations and $45/General public
Communication Graduate Student Research Conference
Communication graduate students (through their graduate student organization, ComGSA) sponsored a “Spring Share” conference featuring graduate student work at the end of spring quarter The poster session included: Peg Achterman , “Web 2.0 Through the Viewfinder: The Changing Role of Still Photographers in the Converging Newsroom;” Vanessa Au, “Patterns of Support and Resistance: A Content Analysis of Online Petition Comments;” Toby Campbell, “Theorizing Consumerism Through Culture Jams;”
Laura Busch , “Networking the Mahasangha: Investigating Online Communication in the Northwest Dharma Association;” Michelle Poff, "Representations of the environment on specified ‘environment’ webpages of German and the United States governmental websites: Increasing global awareness;" Monique Lacoste, “Going Behind the Orange Curtain: Rape, Identity and Privilege in the Real Orange County.”
The Communicating Citizenship panel included presentations by: Chris Wells, “Citizenship for the Digital Generation: The Attitudes and Actions Encouraged by Online Civic Engagement Projects;” Leah Sprain, “Step It Up 2007: A National Research Project on Climate Change;” and Katherine Hall, “Citizen involvement in rulemaking and initiatives: Experiences from Washington state.”
The panel on Media Studies: Representation and Structures included presentations by: Vanessa Au, “Hate is on the air: The depoliticized, dehistoricized, and decontextualized discourse of shock jock radio;” Kate Dunsmore, “Connecting Canada and terrorism: The year after 9/11 in the New York Times;” Damon Di Cicco, “Women as News Executives: Does Gender Influence Media Content?”; Li Liu, “Meaning Encoding and Decoding in Global Age: the Case of a Chinese TV Show.”
The panel on Communication, Civic Engagement and Public Scholarship included presentations by: Amoshaun Toft, “Organizing and Canceling the Northwest Social Forum”; Lea Werbel, “Fair Trade Networks in the United States and the United Kingdom”; Chris Wells, “Becoming Citizens: Engaging Youth in Politics” ; Toby Campbell, “The Seattle Youth Commons: A Collaborative Local Digital Media Space Created By Youth and for Youth.”
The panel on Reading Rhetorically: Polysemy and Binary Logic included presentations by: Julie Homchick, “The Modern Social Imaginary and the Shared Binary Logic of Evolutionists and Creationists” ; Elizabeth Scherman, “Christopher Reeve at the Democratic Convention: Polysemy and the Disability Press” ; Jamie Moshin, “Power to Which People?: Matisyahu and the Polysemy of Dominant Resistance.”
Other research
Richard Kielbowicz “Preserving Universal Postal Service as a Communication Safety Net: A Policy History and Proposal,” Seton Hall Legislative Journal 30 (no. 2, 2006): 383-436.
Jamie Moshin presented a paper co-authored with Crispin Thurlow at the Language Ideologies and Media Discourse conference, University of Leeds, England (September 3-5). Their paper was titled "What the f#@$!* - Representing the unmentionable: Repression, ommission, euphemism and taboo language in the media".
Crispin will also be presenting the paper in October as a keynote speech for the 2007 Interdisciplinary Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Valerie Manusov. (2007). “Attributions and interpersonal communication: Out of our heads and into behavior.” In D. R. Rosko-Ewoldson & J. Monahan (Eds.), Communication and social cognition: Theories and methods (pp. 141-169). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Ralina Joseph presented her paper “Claiming ‘so what!?!’: Post-race, post-feminism, and the celebrity of Tyra Banks,” in late April at the UW Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality conference “Evolving Racial Identities, the Ideology of Color-Blindness, and the State.”
Graduate students in the Communication and English department's have established a UW student chapter of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). The group will meet periodically, for reading and discussion. If interested, please contact Leah Ceccarelli (cecc@u.washington.edu). The group’s first meeting, on May 9, focused on public intellectuals in rhetoric and philosophy.
Cambridge University Press has accepted Doug Underwood's latest book, Journalism and the Novel: Truth and Fiction, 1800-2000. Publication is expected in 2008.
Doug has several other publications accepted, including an article, “Transcending the News: Religious Ambivalence among the Famous Journalist-Literary Figures and Literature as the Uncertain Path to Immortality,” to be published in the Journal of Media and Religion.
10 Year Review
The site visit team for our 10 year review:
Sandra Silberstein, Professor, Department of English (Committee Chair); John Findlay, Professor, Department of History; Gary Segura, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Erica Weintraub Austin, Professor and Interim Director, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; Noshir Contractor, Professor, Departments of Speech Communication and Psychology, and Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
People
Please welcome Dr. Olga Kravtsova, a Fulbright Scholar who will be our visitor through February. She will be working with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Dr.Kravtsova holds degrees in psychology from Moscow State University. She is a counseling psychotherapist in Moscow with Gratis, an independent charity providing psychological support to refugees. She has studied human rights, trauma and related issues on fellowships with Central European University in Budapest, the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. and the Academy for Educational Development in Atlanta. She is co-author of two books and several articles on the psychology of trauma, refugees and social tolerance. She has also worked closely with journalists as an assistant director of Internews, a Russian journalism training NGO, and as a production assistant on a documentary about Siberian adoptions for New York-based Downtown Community Television Center and its director, Jon Alpert. In 2006 she was coordinator and translator for "The Russians are Coming CyberCar Tour," organized by Internews and Downtown Community Television Center. A group of Russian regional journalists conducted a tour of different cities in the US in a one-of-a-kind Cybercar, a 40-foot mobile TV production studio, showing their stories about Russia and producing video about ordinary American life.
While with the Dart Center, Dr. Kravtsova's work will focus on creating education and support programs for Russian journalists.
Taso Lagos led the department’s Athens Program study-abroad summer programs again in summer 2007. Two programs were offered this year: “Communication and the Environment" and "Digital Divide in Greece." Students conducted original ethnographic research and presented their findings at conferences in Greece. This year the program collaborated on research projects with the Athens University of Economics and Business.
Crispin Thurlow has been invited onto the editorial board of the ICA's Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, starting January 2008. Earlier this year, he was also appointed Associate Editor of the NCA's Journal of International and Intercultural Communication.
David Domke is teaching a course titled “Religion, Politics, and the Postwar American Presidency” in Autumn 2007 for the Wednesday University, which is sponsored jointly and run collaboratively by Seattle Arts & Lectures and the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington. Dave has also been invited to participate in the Ninth Krefeld Historical Symposium, which will deal with the subject of "Religion and Politics: Transnational Approaches to the History of Religion and Political Order in Europe and the United States of America". It is scheduled to take place May 22-25, 2008, in Krefeld, Germany.
Roger Simpson taught a Discovery Seminar for incoming freshmen on "Decoding Media: Exploring Behind the Page and Screen." Students explored Seattle-area media as they learn about the conventions of the media, how those practices evolved, and how to understand what the media present.
Crispin Thurlow taught a Discovery Seminar (COM 210) titled "The Tourist Gaze: Understanding Global Communication." Students critically examined the discursive organization and textual representation of tourism, as well as tourism's role in shaping human communication on both a local scale and global scale.
Jerry Baldasty represented the Department at a breakfast of the Washington Coalition for Open Government on Sept. 21. Jerry will serve as co-director of the UW Teaching Academy for 2007-8, working with Dr. Mary Pat Wenderoth (Biology). Jerry and Gerry Philipsen are members of the Steering Committee for the UW’s Leadership, Community and Values Initiative.
On May 17, Mike Henderson met with two journalists from People's Republic of China who were guests of the Seattle office of the World Affairs Council. One visitor is a senior reporter for the China Economic Times, dedicated to the cause of economically and socially disadvantaged groups, and to issues of organized crime and corruption. The other delegate is a reporter for ChinaNewsweek, whose goal is to confront social problems and improve civil society in China with the help of media. A Council representative thanked Mike, writing: “Meeting with you was an excellent professional exchange opportunity for them. They only wished that they had more time to meet with you and continue an interesting and engaging discussion.”
Communication graduate student Fahed Al-Sumait was a recipient of the 2007 Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Award, recognizing Arab-American students who excel in Media Studies. Fahed, and the other 5 recipients, were honored at a ceremony at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s 27th national convention in Washington D.C. in June. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is a grassroots civil rights organization based in D.C. and the largest organization for Arab-Americans in the US.
Communication graduate students Giorgia Aiello, Irina Gendelman, and Toby Campbell were “fellows” of the 2007 Institute on the Public Humanities. The Institute is sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, and the Divisional Dean of the Arts and Humanities at the University of Washington. Co-directed by Miriam Bartha (Assistant Director, Simpson Center for the Humanities) and Bruce Burgett (Interim Director and Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences), the intensive week-long Institute introduced twenty competitively selected doctoral fellows to the questions, challenges, and practices of publicly-engaged scholarship. Now in its fifth year, the Institute has been recognized as one of the "Best Practices in Graduate Education" by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's The Responsive Ph.D. project.
M.L. Veden and the UW debate team demonstrated key principles of debate in John Hammerback’s Public Debate class in spring. John wrote: “Seeing and hearing a UW debate team demonstrate the principles we've been studying contributed much to my students' education, inspired those students to what they could do and be as debaters and critical thinkers, and showed me that our forensics program turns out articulate, informed, analytical, and courteous young people who represent UW well. That the four debaters seemed genuinely pleased to demonstrate their skills and knowledge and that they and you cheerfully talked at length with a group of my students after class also says much, I believe, about the spirit and culture of UW's forensics team. What a wonderful statement of what is best about our university and department.”
Media
On August 3, 2007, the Seattle Times published excerpts from Communication students’ travel writing (done in Rome during winter quarter in Mike Henderson’s class).
Rome around the clock: UW students offer tips
This past winter, several University of Washington students took a travel-writing class as part of their curriculum at the university's Rome Center at the Campo dei Fiori square. One of their assignments was to find themselves things to do in a 24-hour span in the Eternal City and briefly write about them. Here are excerpts from their reporting.
By seven in the morning, it's obvious why the market at Campo dei Fiori is one where both locals and tourists gather to prowl and shop. Get there early enough to watch vendors put together the flower arrangements, assemble fruit-and-vegetable stands, and lay out all manner of merchandise, forming a wall-to-wall market. (It's a smaller sight in August, Rome's vacation time.)
The market is closed and gone by early afternoon, replaced, in the evening, by wall-to-wall people — most of them young (including lots of foreign students during the school year), nearly all of them hanging around outside at what seems like a square-full of outdoor bars.
In the wee hours, when those bars have closed and the young crowd is gone (and assuming you're up that late), you can watch an army of workers and their equipment spray and clean the Campo in time for the next day's market. — Nicole Griffin
Across the Tiber River, just a few streets from the Campo, lies Trastevere and another market opportunity. The Trastevere Market, across the Garibaldi Bridge, mixes energy, color, white tents and lots of stands. It's a neighborhood shopping spot where the prices are good, the food is fresh and the variety is grand, changing season to season (as do all the city's markets). Pick up olive focaccia to snack on while wandering. — Lindsey Egelston
Trastevere's Sunday flea market is enormous and as eclectic as Rome. Located between the Porta Portese Bridge and Trastevere Station are hundreds of vendors selling everything from fur coats and boots to toothpaste, vegetable graters and old automobile parts. Get there early, by 8 a.m., for the best deals and be prepared to bargain. Keep an eye out for pickpockets, often drawn by the large crowds. This Sunday-only event is quintessentially Roman, and the experience, for travelers, is unforgettable. — Jaime Garrand
For some morning peace amid the Vespa roar, there's Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, home of the neighborhood's biggest and best church — and perhaps most precious piazza. The Santa Maria church is a classic yet extravagant beauty to be entered and adored (open 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily). The piazza also tempts with another Italian glory: food. One can find Blue Ice, a top-notch gelato shop, and Caffé di Marzio, a quiet bar with outdoor seating and the most perfect cappuccino, topped with heart-shaped foam. And, since you've just been to church, it's OK to have both of these sinfully good treats. — Erin Launius
Off the bustling Corso Vittorio Emanuele street, near Castel Sant'Angelo, tucked beneath a secluded overhang, is a replica of an ancient fresco of the Madonna. The original, since moved to a church, is said to have shed tears of blood and moved its eyes after children broke its glass encasement; it was removed for safekeeping. The replica can be found hidden behind pots of wilting floral arrangements, a sign that there are still those in this modern city who hold faith in Rome's ancient mysticism. — Katrina Graves
Tucked in an unassuming square between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon is the church of San Luigi dei Francesi (the national church of France in Rome since 1589). After sunset, the room dims and only a few areas are lit by focused yellow lights. Situated in a niche near the apse is Caravaggio's masterful "St. Matthew Cycle." The astounding use of light and dark tricks us into believing that we are a part of the scene. Find yourself craning your neck to see what the characters are looking at, feeling the penetrating warmth from the angel and squinting to see what's beyond the shadows. — Roya Zahed
More than 2,000 years old, the Pantheon that many people see is the one filled with school children and tour groups. To avoid the crowds, visit the church during the evening. The large groups are replaced by couples and families, gazing up at the sunset-lit sky through the oculus in the ceiling. After the doors close, take a seat on the steps of the fountain in the middle of the piazza and watch Italians and tourists alike make their way to dinner or a concert. — Ellen Kwon
The Spanish Steps at the Piazza di Spagna offer more than just a lower-body workout in climbing all 138 steps to the top. At sunset, the steps, nearly always jammed with tourists, offer a beautiful view of the city, not to mention a prime location for people-watching. Not to miss: the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the staircase and the Trinità dei Monti church above. — Zena Leonard
While many flock to the Spanish Steps for the perfect sunset, the ideal location may be merely minutes away on foot. At the top of the steps, travel northwest until you reach Pincio park. Grab a spot on one of the benches overlooking Piazza del Popolo or find your own, private viewing spot. It feels as if you might practically fall into the dome of St. Peter's. — Lauren Johnson
For those who enjoy a night stroll and a good story, the Dark Heart of Rome tour (www.thedarkheartofrome.com) combines both in a 90-minute stroll with an excellent raconteur who discusses many of Rome's haunted hot spots. While meandering through shadowy back alleyways, you'll hear about long-forgotten architecture often missed on daytime tours — and their ghosts! — Regina Atendido
When in Rome, what do you do late at night when the bars have closed and the monuments are empty? Remember where you came from at two in the morning — it's 5 p.m. in the U.S.! Have a chat back home for cheap. With Skype, an Internet download, talk via the Internet (you'll need a headset and mike) for free. Just choose a username, get your friends set up and begin. Static and a slow Internet connection can be issues, but it's worth it just to hear a friendly voice from home on those lonely Roman nights. — Krystin Tate
The Seattle Post Intelligencer, August 13, 2007, published an article that quoted Communication graduate student Tony Docan-Morgan.
The cyber cheating divide
Men tend to see it as a just a fling; women see it as infidelity
By PAUL NYHAN
The Internet is the new frontier of infidelity, and apparently it's a confusing place because men and women don't agree on what constitutes cyber straying. In the latest Mars-v.-Venus dispatch, women think cyber cheating – anything from chatting online to dating Web sites -- is damaging to a relationship while men don't, according to a new study. Whatever the viewpoint, the growing ease of Internet access -- think iPhones and laptops -- means online infidelity is a growing threat to relationships, the University of Washington study found.
"I think it sets us up more to engage in it," said Tony Docan-Morgan, a doctoral candidate in communications who co-wrote the report, which covered unmarried and married couples. "It is much easier to cheat now."
Internet or not, infidelity remains a major problem among U.S. couples; one study reported up to 25 percent of spouses have cheated, Docan-Morgan says. And an Internet fling can be as damaging as a motel tryst, Docan-Morgan agrees, as a partner will hide his or her online affair and spend time away from the relationship, while both partners become dissatisfied.
Cyberflirting and infidelity can be particularly damaging among married couples because it can rob them of what little time they have to be intimate -- after
the kids are in bed, the dishes are washed and the laundry is folded. If you devote that little free time to cyber flirting, what's left for your spouse? Women also can view sex, cyber or otherwise, in more emotional terms, and thus take a dimmer view of online dalliances, said Megan Jordan, who writes the parenting blog velveteenmind.com.
"I think women see it as a greater transgression, the time and effort being devoted to something outside the relationship," said Jordan, a 30-year-old mother of two "A lot of guys don't see cheating unless you are, you know, giving it to her."
Internet flirting is not an issue in her marriage. The Internet, though, is littered with stories of husbands setting up Match.com profiles, "Married But Looking" sites and other examples souses.
Although that behavior may seem like obvious cheating, the fact that couples often don't discuss what they think is and isn't online cheating can create uncertainty and problems, the study said.
When it comes to cyber flirting, it's all about your perspective. "The study ... claims that what one partner might consider 'just having fun' on the Internet, such as viewing others' personal ads or flirting with another in a chat room, the other partner can just as easily perceive such acts as detrimental to their relationship," according to a summary of the report, which was published in this month's Communication Quarterly.
In another interesting finding, researchers found that many people have double standards: They often judge their partner's cyber flirtations more harshly than their own. But for others, some things haven't changed. "I would still be more worried about office romance than a cyber romance," said Heather Hitchcock, 33. She's the author of queenofshake shake.blogspot.com, a mommy blog.
April 27, 2007
Porn Slipped Into Washington Time Capsule
SEATTLE (AP) - There were a few surprises for the University of Washington's Class of 1957 when they opened a time capsule sealed 50 years ago.
Among audiotapes and copies of the yearbook and school newspaper were 1980s-era porn, a condom and some dirty underwear.
Alumni opened the capsule earlier this week in preparation for a public unveiling Saturday during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the university's communications program. The capsule had been placed in an interior wall of the then-new Communications Building in 1957.
The capsule is being replaced by another created by a student-faculty team.
"The good news is that all the things that were in there are still there," said Jerry Baldasty, chairman of the Department of Communication. "The interesting news is that some other things were added."
There aren't any suspects in the case. But it was located outside the offices of The Daily _ the campus newspaper _ and it's assumed someone from the paper was responsible for the revisionism, said communication alumni and development manager Victoria Sprang.
The new capsule will be filled with digital media with a focus on "communication from a global perspective," said Coma Te, a senior among six students who created the new capsule.
Seattle Times, Editorial, May 16, 2007.
Veteran comes home
Seattle is hosting someone who survived the media wars to help chart the industry's future.
Bryan Monroe is in town to receive a significant award from his alma mater, the University of Washington. Reserve some applause for Monroe's courageous push for innovation and change in the media. How people seek and receive the news has evolved and the industry must adapt or get left behind. Monroe's observations are more than a rallying call for online content or blogs. It is a push for wholesale media change.
People are listening because Monroe's résumé is an impressive list of firsts. He was the first African-American editor of the UW Daily newspaper. A former assistant vice president for news at Knight Ridder Inc., he was the newspaper chain's highest-ranking minority.
Monroe currently presides over the flagship of the famed Johnson Publishing empire, one that includes Ebony and Jet magazines and Ebonyjet.com <http://ebonyjet.com/> . As president of the National Association of Black Journalists, he was the first to call for the ouster of radio shock jock Don Imus.
Monroe used to live in Seattle and recalls his time at the UW and as an intern for The Seattle Times as providing the solid grounding for a successful journalism career. Now he's back to return the favor of imparting knowledge.
Monroe will receive the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences 2007 Distinguished Alumnus award. Separately, the public is invited to "A Conversation with Bryan Monroe," at The Seattle Times auditorium this evening beginning at 7 p.m.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma has announced the recipients of the 2007 Ochberg Fellowship. The ten Fellows are: Margarita Akhvlediani (from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting); Donna Alvis-Banks, (from the Roanoke, Va., Times); Moni Basu, ( AtlantaJournal-Constitution); George Hoff (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation); James MacMillan ( PhiladelphiaDaily News); Michael Marizco (BorderReporter.com); Tara McKelvey (The American Prospect); Lisa Millar (Australian Broadcasting Corporation); Susan Snyder (Philadelphia Inquirer); and John Trotter (freelance writer).
Reporting responsibly and credibly on violence and traumatic events — on crime, family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and genocide — is among the greatest challenges facing contemporary journalism. The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship, now in its ninth year, was established by the Dart Center in order to better prepare journalists for this challenge.
The fellowship is named for the Dart Center Executive Committee's Chairman Emeritus, Frank Ochberg, M.D., a psychiatrist and pioneer in the understanding of violence and trauma.
The week-long Ochberg Fellowship program offers midcareer journalists a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts in the many dimensions of trauma, and to forge relationships with colleagues who share those interests. Fellows attend several days of seminars, then participate in the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. This year's program takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, from November 12-17, 2007.
The fellowships were first awarded in 1999. This year's group brings the total number of fellows to 71.
Department of Communication Committee assignments for 2007-8
Standing Committees
Executive Committee
Moy, Foot, Gastil (ex officio)
Plus two to be elected by faculty
Graduate Committee
Moy, chair; Howard, Parks, Kielbowicz, McGarrity, Dormont
MC Digital Media Committee
Hosein, chair; Gill, Fearn Banks, Underwood, Kielbowicz, Harmer
Professional Development Committee
Foot, chair; Foot, Moy, Howard, Thurlow
Review of teaching by ASEs
All full time faculty (1)
Undergraduate
Coutu, chair; Simpson, Harold, Holmchick, Hungerford, Sherman
Executive Teaching Committee (2)
Coutu, Foot, Moy, Sherman, Dormont
Technology
Gastil, chair; Hosein, Rivenburgh, Gill, Pelc, Ford
Faculty Development
Kielbowicz, chair; Underwood, Harold, Domke, Joseph, Simmons
Journalism Steering Committee
Domke, chair; Rathe, Beam, Pelc, Ford, Achterman.
Development, and Alumni Outreach
Baldasty, chair; Neff, Bennett, Henderson, Simpson, McGarrity, Gill, Rathe, Sprang
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