Archive for the ‘People’ category

Tanya Saracho – Collaboration Shapes Us!

December 15th, 2011

Who we are is because of who and what we interact with, the experiences we have and the experiences of others close to us. These experiences are both mediated by digital social technologies and are unmediated or face-to-face. In essence, life and living is a series of interactions. It is an ongoing dynamic process of collaboration, social and situational interactions that over time shape who we are, what we do, and how we see the world. Beyond school and for many beyond university, much of who we become is shaped be our world of work and the communication and interactions within that world. Today while reading about the Arts Alliance Illinois, a state initiative to raise the profile of the Arts and Arts Education throughout the state of Illinois, I stumbled upon a video of a talk delivered about the work life story of  - Tanya Saracho. A talk in which Tanya explains how collaboration in her workplace shaped her, her voice, the voices of those around her and their creative process which grew into a theatre company. » Read more: Tanya Saracho – Collaboration Shapes Us!

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Peter Economides – Everything communicates …

December 13th, 2011

Meaning making in this world is a complex interplay of texts, technology and behaviour richly embedded within a social web of personal-professional contexts. Today, I was given a rich reminder of this in the context of branding a country. A graduate student of mine, Panos Dalton Papakostis, posted a video on my Facebook wall. It was titled, ‘Re-branding Greece’ a video of a speech delivered by Peter Economides at the 11th “Aristotelis” Congress of EEDE in Thessaloniki. Peter is a brand strategist at Felix BNI who has worked with a list of leading consumer brands, from Apple to Heineken. My interest in this video is not the rich list of clients that Peter has worked with, nor the list of country-specific brand campaigns he shows as examples from which Greece can learn. Although these pose for interesting learning. My interest is his position and philosophy on a brand and the process of branding. Something many in organisational communications (or interested in meaning or sense making) can learn from. » Read more: Peter Economides – Everything communicates …

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Marleen Relling Wins Best Thesis Award 2010

November 24th, 2010

It is days like today that remind me why I love being an academic. It is with great pleasure and pride that I write this blog post. Very early this morning while I was packing my luggage to depart New York City for Vancouver, I received a Skype message from one of my students, Marleen Relling.

Marleen has just completed her MSc in Strategic Marketing at Cranfield School of Management in the UK and as a Visiting Research Scholar in Digital Media Marketing at Cranfield this year, I had the pleasure of supervising Marleen’s masters thesis. Her skype message read ‘I have good news!’ Well I’d regard her message as great news! » Read more: Marleen Relling Wins Best Thesis Award 2010

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SLJ2010: Northwestern Research Insight

November 21st, 2010

Today ends a wonderful 4 and a half weeks visiting the Web Use Project, in the Department of Communication Studies, School of Communication at Northwestern University. This was possible due to funding from an ICA from my home institution, Cardiff University and the support and hospitality of the Web Use Projects founder Prof. Eszter Hargittai.

Over the course of the last few weeks I have met, listened to and discussed differing and also related ideas and approaches to digital media research with » Read more: SLJ2010: Northwestern Research Insight

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Ian Hargreaves Appointed Professor of Digital Economy!

October 12th, 2010

Well fire-up your ipads, update your blog and twits across Cardiff University unite! This month Cardiff University has announced a very specific appointment, a Professor of Digital Economy. This new position and the appointee, Professor Ian Hargreaves has most certainly brought a smile to my face and feeling of opportunity to the digital research and educational activities many of us are undertaking in the university. The Chair of Digital Economy was created in order to establish a cross-departmental research and education focus on issues arising from the growth of the digital economy. The chair is based jointly in Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) and Cardiff Business School (CARBS). » Read more: Ian Hargreaves Appointed Professor of Digital Economy!

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Martin Evans: A Tribute

May 19th, 2010

Martin EvansThis week, Cardiff Business School mourns the passing of a great scholar, Mr. Martin Evans. This blog post is a tribute to his life and career in Marketing. To read more about Martin Evans and to read the thoughts of his colleagues, friends and students, visit the Online Book of Condolence. He was an inspiring scholar and colleague.

Martin Evans

“A contributor to knowledge”; “a creator of impact”;  ”a giving citizen in the academic research community”: all are most certainly terms that describe Martin Evans. Martin Evans was not just a teacher, or a lecturer. He was also an inspiring research scholar whose research interest and research integrity was grounded first and foremost in making a contribution to knowledge in the fields of Direct and Interactive Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Research. » Read more: Martin Evans: A Tribute

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Ada Lovelace Pledge: Prof. Donna Hoffman

March 25th, 2010

Ada Lovelace On the 24th March, we celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. This is a day that recognises the contribution of women in technology and science. It is so named after the world’s first programmer – Ada Lovelace. On this day it is encouraged to post a blog about a women in technology and science we most admire. So who do I most admire? » Read more: Ada Lovelace Pledge: Prof. Donna Hoffman

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