communication studies

Bicycle Film Festival 2010 Spet. 9-11 2010

Esteban — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:27:12 +0000

This weekend marks the 10th Anniversary of the Bicycle Film Festival. Blind Lady Ale House will hold an opening party on Thursday night, and most of the screenings will happen on Saturday. Great way to get your film mojo going — and save the world by riding your bike!

http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/

Bicycle Film Festival 2010 Trailer, posted with vodpod

“My Trip to Al-Qaeda” Premieres on HBO

Esteban — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:09:46 +0000

The one-man play by Lawrencer Wright, “My Trip to Al-Qaeda” premieres tonight on HBO. James Carey, the renowned communication scholar, argued that we should understand journalism as a “curriculum” – that journalism is made up of daily news stories, long magazine pieces, and even book-length investigations. Add “theater” to that list.

Humility And Humiliation – The Daily Dish | By …, posted with vodpod

Prof. del Rio Publishes Piece on Latinos on Television

Esteban — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:41:42 +0000

Professor del Rio’s piece, “Tall, Dark, and America: Latino Authenticity and Appropriation in General Market Television” appears in the journal FLOW, a critical forum on television and media culture published by the Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

Student Spotlight: Lindsey Morr

Esteban — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:59:54 +0000

The Communication Studies department offers students a varied curriculum that prepares them to enter many different communication related fields. Lindsey Morr is a Communication Studies major and Marketing minor who will graduate in May 2010. She is active in several organizations on campus including: Lambda Pi Eta (Communication Honors Society), Gamma Phi Beta, and the Advertising Club.

As a participant in the internship program, Morr had the opportunity to apply course concepts to a “real world” setting. In the Summer 2009, Morr interned at MTV Networks in Los Angeles, where she was mentored by Candice Ashton ‘07, who was also a Communication Studies major.

While at MTV, Morr worked in the VH1 Publicity and Communications department. The majority of her time was devoted to writing press releases and media advisories, compiling press kits to send to media outlets, and assisting with events, including photo shoots and series premiere parties. Morr says that everything she learned as a Communication Studies major greatly prepared her for this internship.

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Copyright Criminals

Esteban — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:51:28 +0000

USD will host a preview screening of the documentary Copyright Criminals, which airs nationally in January of 2010. It screens at 7pm tomorrow night (Wednesday) in UC Forum A.

“Can you own a sound? As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a multibillion-dollar industry, artists such as Public Enemy and De La Soul began reusing parts of previously recorded music for their songs. But when record company lawyers got involved everything changed. Years before people started downloading and remixing music, hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological change that still rages today.”

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