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2008 NCA Presidential Address
Arthur P. Bochner from the University of South Florida delivered the 2008 NCA Presidential address entitled, "Communication's Calling: On the Importance of What We Care About."
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Friending, Dating and 'Facebooking:' New Online Outlets Spark New Conversation
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/23/08 The click of a mouse can now connect you to a relationship. From online dating to 'facebooking,' social networking websites have enticed the public and replaced face to face interaction. Analysts are just beginning to research the effects of what happens in front of the computer screen...
Kenneth Andersen: From Then to Now
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/23/08 When former NCA President Kenneth Andersen joined the association, the member subscription fee was three dollars and fifty cents. He was 18 years old...
From Girl Scouts to Girls Gone Wild: A Panel on Feminist Humor
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/23/08 It was just a few woman laughing on a Sunday morning. The panel turned performance featured films and live acting on the subject of feminist humor. From Girl Scouts to Girls Gone Wild, stereotypes were addressed in a form of comedy that made a serious statement amidst the laughter...
Charitable Businesses
By Brenna Ruiz-Gordon--11/23/08 This morning brought five young minds together to discuss the theorization of nonprofit communication, an area that organizational communication has yet to recognized as a unique and specific theoretical field...
Breaking the Stereotypes Surrounding Black Fatherhood
By Heather Martyn -- 11/23/08 Black feminist perspectives on fatherhood and black masculinity was the topic of discussion for the panel titled, "Papa was a Rolling Stone: Exploring the Contradictions, Connections, and Contemporary Realities Surrounding Black
"We'll All Have Won:" A Forum on Intellectual and Ideological Diversity in the American University
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/22/08 It was a two sided debate as the tension rose at a forum on Saturday morning. A room full of people gathered to witness the argument between presenters Michael Berube of Penn State University and Anne Neal of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni....
Piecing Together the Past: Storytelling in the Present
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/22/08 It is a different kind of story. Compared to the papers and the panels based on theories and experts often seen at NCA, four presenters gathered to share narratives that give meaning to their research...
Piecing Together the Past: Storytelling in the Present
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/22/08 It is a different kind of story. Compared to the papers and the panels based on theories and experts often discussed at NCA, four presenters gathered to share narratives that give meaning to their research....
Wife Swapping and Weight Loss: Scholars on the Cultural Value of Reality TV
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/22/08 When you flip on the television, you will come across it. Even if you change the channel, you cannot escape it. It is a phenomenon. It is a trend. It is reality TV, and scholars are beinning to talk about it...
You Can Run, But You Can't Hide From Group Communication
By Heather Martyn - 11/21/08 Each day group communication occurs nation and worldwide as individuals embark on projects, solve conflicts, or improve relationships with clients in a group setting. This form of communication has the ability to greatly affect the interpersonal relationships among group members, especially as technology has increased and group communication can take a face-to-face or virtual form...
Today's Goddess: Celebrities and Image
By Heather Martyn -- 11/21/08 Magazines, radio, or television, it seems as though celebrities' faces, bodies, and voices are everywhere, leading society to hold them to a higher esteem and use them as role models for their own daily lives and actions. Leading back to
Discussing King's Rhetoric of Freedom
By Brenna Ruiz-Gordon--11/22/08 A diverse group of rhetoric scholars gathered today to critique and exchange thoughts on Pepperdine University professor Gary Selby's book Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom...
Gerry F. Philipsen delivers Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture
Prof. Gerry F. Philipsen, of the University of Washington delivered the 2008 Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture, "Coming to Terms with Culture" to a crowd of over 700 members at NCA in San Diego. Visit our audio podcast section to learn how to subscribe and download the lecture.
A Window of Opportunities
By Brenna Ruiz-Gordon-- 11/22/08 Undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation got a chance to gather and learn about the best academic options in the field at the Graduate Student Open House...
Medical Communication: Research and Teaching
By Brenna Ruiz-Gordon--11/21/08 Friday morning brought a great variety of subjects and personalities to the 94th NCA Convention. Amongst them, a short course on applied medical communication taught by Theodore Avtigs and Edward Polack from the University of West Virginia...
Young, Black, and Female: Assistant Professors at 'Majority' Universities Speak Up
By Heather Martyn -- 11/21/2008 At the National Communication Conference six self-defined Black female assistant professors from universities across the nation gathered to discuss their experiences during the panel titled "To Be Black, Woman, and a New Tenure-Track
Behind the Lyrics: A Hip Hop Conversation
By: Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/21/08 On the surface, it was just another crowd full of people listening to rap music on Friday morning. Take a closer look and it's a room full of scholars discussing what lies behind the lyrics... Please click here for the video.
Presidential Communication: The Country is Listening
By Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/21/08 Politics bring on a need for communication. During this historic election year, NCA is tackling the meaning of presidential conversation...Please click here for the video.
Anita Taylor: A Veteran Feminist at NCA
By Brenna Ruiz-Gordon--11/21/08 "I came for the first time in 1967 and I have missed only once since then," said Anita Taylor as she explained to a few NCA freshmen and women the reason why she's been attending the conference for more than 30 years now...
"A Family Reunion": Participants ready to reunite in California with press team on board
By - Abbey Niezgoda -- 11/18/08 It's the oldest of its kind. It's the largest of its kind. The National Communication Association Convention is a place where the forces of the field come together to share and to listen...