One of the things I love about academia is the breaks we get between semesters. After a busy semester, that builds to a frenzied finish, it’s great to take a few weeks to refresh and recharge. It’s time you can dedicate to learning new things, doing research or working on new courses. Or sleeping. I […]
The other day in my graduate class, I was quite surprised to detect a sentiment that I had not heard before. It seems that students may be growing tired of hearing people talking about “loving what you do” or being “passionate about your work.” They expressed that they felt it was becoming cliche. I’m surprised, […]
Here’s the first 20 minutes of the panel on Career Development at the National College Media conference in Austin. On the panel are Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon of the Austin American-Statesman, Jon Zmikly, an adjunct instructor at Texas State University and myself, Cindy Royal, an assistant professor at TX State. Sorry the framing wasn’t better. I was […]
Social Media Techniques View more presentations from clroyal. Presentation in Dr. Bruce Smith’s Intro to Advertising Class. Thanks for your attention and participation. I enjoyed it!!!
Bob Taylor, one of the original innovators of the Internet, spoke at The University of Texas LBJ Auditorium on Sept. 17, 2009. He was honored by the UT Graduate College with the Graduate Student Outstanding Alumnus award, as Taylor received a master’s degree in psychology from UT. In 1968, Taylor, along with JCR Licklider, wrote […]
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Journalists are skeptical by trade. It’s in their nature to question the motives of sources or to check and recheck facts. They are taught to be objective, keep their feelings out of their stories, and sometimes, perhaps in an attempt to mask their feelings, they lean toward the negative. Even the slightest detectable enthusiasm for […]
Just not always on this blog. I have a few new ones on other blogs that I’d love for you to check out: One is on the AEJMC Hot Topics blog. http://bit.ly/UOk9c It has my observations about some of the critiques of the AEJMC conference and reviews of several books that have influenced my thinking […]
