The Elliott School of Communication at 麻豆传媒 will feature communication professionals Ronnie Ramos and Kathryn Zickuhr during Comm Week 2012, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 17-18.
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Ramos, managing director of digital communications for the NCAA, will present 鈥淲ho is a Journalist Today?鈥� from 1:30-2:20 p.m., Oct. 17, in 112 Elliott Hall and 鈥淗ow Communication Works Today鈥� from 9:30-10:20 a.m., Oct. 18, in the CAC Theater. His presentations will center on the shift toward online information and the emergence of social media.
Zickuhr, research analyst for the Pew Research Center鈥檚 Internet and American Life project, will present 鈥淭he Demographics of Digital Differences鈥� from 2:30-3:20 p.m., Oct. 17, in 105 Elliott Hall and 鈥淢obile is the Needle; Social is the Thread鈥� from 2:30-3:20 p.m., Oct. 18, in the CAC Theater.
Her presentations will focus on the differences in technology use across the United States and the new messaging realities in the digital age.
In addition to daytime classroom and CAC Theater sessions, there will be an outstanding alumni award ceremony and graduate student event Wednesday evening, and a toast to late professor Les Anderson Thursday evening.
Sponsors for Comm Week 2012 are 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Office of the Provost, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Freddy鈥檚 Frozen Custard and Steakburgers.