The Communication Department at Wheaton College invites applications for a tenure-track [open rank] appointment to begin August 2018. Â We are looking for applicants who will make strong teaching contributions to our general education curriculum and bring research/teaching expertise in public relations or organizational communication. Specialization in one or more of the following areas is particularly desirable: social media, nonprofit …
2017-2018 Webinars Now Available
Fall 2017 AUGUST Presenters: Tim Muehlhoff, Ph.D., and Rick Langer, Ph.D., Biola University Date and Time: Wednesday, August 30; 8-9 pm, EST Title: “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Persuasion in a Post-Christian World” ACCESS RECORDED WEBINAR HERE. SEPTEMBER Presenter: Elizabeth McLaughlin, Ph.D., Bethel College Date and Time: Wednesday, September 27; 7-8 pm, EST Title:Â Encouraging Image-bearers: How the Imago Dei Enhances Teaching and …
Book Announcement, Organizational Moral Learning: A Communication Approach
New Book Announcement Organizational Moral Learning: A Communication Approach By Ryan S. Bisel, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Published by Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Organizational-Moral-Learning-A-Communication-Approach/Bisel/p/book/9781138119567; ISBN: 978-1138119567 (paperback); ISBN: 978-1138119543 (hardcover); ISBN: 978-1138119543 (e-book) Extensive work in psychology and neuroscience reveals that individuals are born with moral intuitions, and this volume capitalizes on that recent insight to provide a new perspective of how to …
Book Announcement: Commonplace Witnessing
Book Announcement: Commonplace Witnessing Bradford Vivian, Commonplace Witnessing: Rhetorical Invention, Historical Remembrance, and Public Culture (Oxford University Press, 2017) Commonplace Witnessing examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. The book encourages us to continue expanding and diversifying our normative assumptions about which …
Gaming Religion at SXSW
Subject: Gaming Religion at SXSW – please vote The Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies is sponsoring an exciting panel for the 2018 SxSWedu festival. Gaming Religion: Finding Faith in Digital Games will bring together Heidi Campbell (Texas A&M University) to talk on Digital Religion, Greg Grieve (UNC-Greensboro) on Buddhism and gaming online, Vit Sisler (Charles Univ.-Prague) on Muslim …
Call for Papers: Media, Religion and Public Scholarship
Call for Papers: Media, Religion and Public Scholarship Conference of the International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture Conference location: Boulder/Colorado, United States Conference dates: 8-11 of August 2018 Deadline for Panel and Paper proposals: 4 of December 2017 Notification of acceptances: Mid February 2018 The new visibility of religion in public life is a theme of growing relevance in …
Syllabus Bank Created
The Syllabus Bank is now available for CCSN members! If you click on the syllabus links below and you are not logged in as a member, then the content will be restricted. To join the CCSN as a member you must first submit our brief membership application. Go to www.theccsn.com and click “Join the Network.” Membership is free and provides …
The Essentials Collection, Interviews on Faith and Communication
We recently concluded our year long Essential Questions in Faith and Communication Interview Series, hosted by Mark Fackler, earlier this Summer. Our last interviewee was Quentin Schultze, Professor Emeritus, Calvin University. The full collection of 23 interviews — and links to those recorded interviews — is included below. These interviews are great for classroom use and personal study. Please share with …
Book Announcement, Talking Black and White: An Intercultural Exploration of Twenty-First-Century Racism, Prejudice, and Perception
Book Announcement – Available Now Written and Submitted by: Dr. Gina Castle Bell, Assistant Professor, Saint John’s University (grcbell09@gmail.com *contact for questions) Foreward by: Dr. Mark C Hopson, Associate Professor and Director of African American Studies at George Mason University Talking Black and White: An Intercultural Exploration of Twenty-First-Century Racism, Prejudice, and Perception. Talking Black and White investigates domestic race-related …
Must-reads in Christianity and Communication Studies, Part 1
Below is Part 1 of 5Â (in Chronological Order) of a “Recommended Reading List” in Christianity and communication studies for faculty, students, and anyone interested in how Christians from a number of different traditions integrate theology with communication studies. This list is compiled by scholars, teachers, students, and practitioners. We begin with several books, some classics and others destined to be, …
