Hastings-produced film accepted into Bare Bones film Festival

Faculty Associate Pat Hastings produced the film “Onlyness,”which has been accepted into the Bare Bones Film Festival in April.

The plot involves a young man, who wrestles with hissuccesses as opposed to what’s really important in life.

The Bare Bones Film Festival showcases independent filmswith a budget under a million dollars, and creators who handle the creative andbusiness ends of the film. The festival runs April 16-26.

Information about the making of “Onlyness” can be found at http://www.capturelife.org

The film is also listed in the Internet Movie Database

At http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1367415/

Communication Crossroads 2009 Schedule

Communication Crossroads 2009

A Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference 

Friday, April 3, 2009

Nafziger Conference Room, Vilas Hall (5^th Floor)

“CommunicationCrossroads” is a multidisciplinary graduate student conference sponsored bythe School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University ofWisconsin-Madison. This year’s conference showcases cutting-edge graduatestudent research in the field of communication from seven departments acrossthe University of Wisconsin-Madison campus: Journalism and Mass Communication,Communication Arts, Life Sciences Communication, Theatre, Curriculum andInstruction, Library and Information Studies, and English.

In recent years communication research has emerged as atruly multidisciplinary field, drawing from research in the humanities, socialsciences, arts, and technology fields. “Communication Crossroads” intends tofacilitate exchange across disciplines and gives emerging scholars anopportunity to interact with fellow student and faculty researchers.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison is a nationally recognized center forcommunications research. An Academics Analytics/Chronicle of Higher Educationreport ranked the department fourth in the nation for faculty productivity inmass communication research in 2008. It is one of only two programs rated inthe top 5 for a second consecutive year.

9:30 a.m. – 10:45a.m.: Mass Communication and Education

Discussant: ChrisTerry

Crystle Martin, Library and Information Studies, “TheUse of Portable Devices and Software Applications by Undergraduates to OrganizePersonal Research Information: A Pilot Survey”

Kyurim Kyoung &Zhongdang Pan, Communication Arts,“Civic Education for Deliberative Citizens: An Empirical Examination of theEffects of Civic Experiences in Schools”

Pallavi Chhabra, Curriculum and Instruction, “MiddleGrade Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Digital Media to Build CriticalThinking Skills”

Manisha Shelat, Journalism and Mass Communication,“Journalism Education for Contemporary Challenges: Global Understanding throughVirtual Classroom”

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.:Political, Social and Cultural Minorities in the Media

Discussant: BrianEkdale

Davita Veselenak,Journalism and Mass Communication,“‘Warmest Fraternal Greetings’: A Textual Analysis of 30 Years of theInternational Socialist Organization’s SocialistWorker”

Cindy Au, English, “The Media and the Martyr:Assata Shakur’s Autobiography and the Popular Press”

Jennifer Keohane,Communication Arts, “Speaking herPiece to Posterity: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s 1953 Statement at the Smith ActTrial”

Amy Bree Becker, Journalism and Mass Communication,“Connecting Television, Jewish Identity, and Jon Stewart: A Textual Analysisand Audience Reception Study of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show”

Erik Hjälmeby, Communication Arts, “Online Communityand Evangelical Identity: A Rhetorical Analysis of www.relevantmagazine.com”

1 p.m. – 2 p.m.:Contemporary Issues in Mass Communication (Lunch and Poster Session)

Juli Hinds, Life Sciences Communication, “Such aCalamity: Troubling Gender in the Hollywood Western”

Jacquelyn Moore &Samantha Gould, Journalism and MassCommunication, “The Imbalance of National Security and Civil LibertiesIssues in Post-9/11 News Coverage”

Larisa Puslenghea,Journalism and Mass Communication,“Identity Formation In and Outside of the Feminist Bookstore”

Jorie Slodki, Theatre, “How Could You? When theHolocaust is used in ‘Bad Taste’”

2:15 p.m. – 3:30p.m.: Issues in Journalism Law and Ethics

Discussant: PhilGlende

Jason Shepard, Journalism and Mass Communication,“Journalistic Duty to Protect News Sources in Early American History”

Chris Terry, Journalism and Mass Communication, “TheParadox of Regulatory Impulse”

Robert Gutsche, Marquette University, “Professionalsocialization of college student journalists: An ethnographic study of theintersection of personal norms with newsroom and classroom norms”

Erica Salkin, Journalism and Mass Communication, “Atale of two decades: The shifting Supreme Court and educational speech”

3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.:Topics in Political Communication and New Media

Discussant: D.Jasun Carr

Heidi Hubmann, Journalism and Mass Communication, “Newsand Public Opinion: A Case Study of Election Coverage During the 2008Presidential Campaign”

Jiun-Yi Tsai, Journalism and Mass Communication,“Credibility of Corporate Blogs and Impact on Attitude Toward a Company”

Keith Zukas, Journalism and Mass Communication, “ANew Medium for Media Bias: How Online Information Sources Affect Media BiasPerceptions During a Presidential Campaign”

Alexandra Rogers,Journalism and Mass Communication,“The Youtubian Generation: An Analysis of Internet Effects on the Civic andPolitical Engagement of America’s Youth”