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MSU communications college offers courses, internships with WKAR
November 18th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. — New courses and internships offered by the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences will allow students to explore hands-on public...more
MSU researchers help African farmers cope with climate change
November 18th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A team of Michigan State University researchers secured a $700,000 grant to help farmers in Zambia and Kenya overcome the challenges faced from changes in climate. The...more
From My Dirty Little Secret to My Favorite Tool for E-Pedagogy: How One University Professor Learned to Love Wikipedia
November 15th, 2011
Faculty member Jonathan Obar has been heavily involved in the Wikimedia foundation. Read his blog entry about how Wikipedia itself changed his mind about its use in the classroom. more
TISM faculty & students in the East Lansing Film Festival
November 12th, 2011
The East Lansing Film Festival runs from November 9-17, 2011. Several of our faculty and students have films showing in the festival; see below for a list of the films and which TISM folks are...more
Michigan director visits MSU Media Sandbox
November 10th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan director of the award-winning documentary “Where Soldiers Come From” will visit Michigan State University and show the film to students and the...more
MSU hosts World Usability Day for Michigan
November 5th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University will join an international celebration on Nov. 10 by hosting the Michigan event for World Usability Day.  “Making Social Media...more
Annual technology survey to track MSU trends
October 29th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University Usability/Accessibility Research and Consulting has released initial survey data from a groundbreaking project designed to collect information...more
ICT4D paper now available: An Analysis of e-Learning Impacts & Best Practices in Developing Countries
October 26th, 2011
An Analysis of e-Learning Impacts & Best Practices in Developing Countries With Reference to Secondary School Education in Tanzania A collaboration between the College of Communication Arts...more
Faculty Conversation: Saleem Alhabash
October 7th, 2011
View the article and video. more
How Your Brain Reacts To Mistakes Depends On Your Mindset
October 4th, 2011
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t—you’re right,” said Henry Ford. A new study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of...more
MSU students help Lansing organizations save money and meet technology needs
October 3rd, 2011
Michigan State University students recently helped several Lansing-area organizations save money and provided technology solutions through a capstone course called IT Project Management. This...more
MSU launches integrated media arts program
September 20th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University has launched an integrated media arts program designed to fill the growing demand for graduates with creative and multimedia skills and...more
Social media research aims to help teens get ready for college
September 12th, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. — As universities open their doors to new students this fall, a group of researchers at Michigan State University is looking at social media to make sure even more teens...more
Welcome from the Chair
August 30th, 2011
See Department Chair Charles Steinfield's new blog post welcoming new faculty to the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media (TISM) this semester.  We're excited...more
Carrie Heeter guest editor on special “Meaningful Play” issue of International Journal of Gaming & Computer-Mediated Simulations
August 29th, 2011
Along with being a co-author of one of the articles ("Impacts of Forced Serious Games Play on Vulnerable Subgroups"), Carrie Heeter is also a guest editor of a special issue featuring top...more
Call for Applications: Research Assistants
August 24th, 2011
The TISM (Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media) Department and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at MSU are posting this call for applications for two (2) half-time research...more
MSU prof to study better ways of online fundraising
August 3rd, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. — If you build it (the right way), they will give. MSU's Rick Wash is using a grant of $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to study ways to improve crowd...more
TISM & Journalism faculty-developed video game highlighted on educational website
August 2nd, 2011
An MSU-developed video game titled "Life Preservers" is being featured on the educational website BrainPOP, which is used in classrooms around the world. EAST LANSING, Mich. — An...more
Quello Center Director & PhD Student Receive Award
July 29th, 2011
PhD student Sang Yup Lee and Quello Center Director Steve Wildman were awarded the inaugural Katherine B Snow Research Paper Award at the April 2011 conference of the International...more
Faculty receive international grant for research on search engine economics
July 27th, 2011
Quello Center Director Steve Wildman and MSU Law Professor and Quello Center Affiliate Adam Candeub were notified on July 27, 2011 that have been awarded 15,000 Euros by the Tilburg Law and...more
Welcome new faculty members
July 26th, 2011
This academic year, the department of Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media welcomes five new faculty members. These new faculty members bring expertise in communication technology,...more
Student and faculty member win paper award
July 25th, 2011
PhD student Sang Yup Lee and Quello Center Director Steve Wildman were awarded the inaugural Katherine B Snow Research Paper Award at the April 2011 conference of the International...more
Assistant Professor: Games
July 17th, 2011
Assistant Professor of Games The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University is seeking an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a full-time,...more
Carrie Heeter to give conference talk
July 12th, 2011
July 12 in San Jose, Carrie Heeter will present “From Classmates to Class Community: Assigned and spontaneous social networking” at the 4th Annual International Symposium on Emerging...more
Profile as promise: A framework for conceptualizing veracity in online dating self-presentations
July 11th, 2011
TISM's own Nicole Ellison, along with Jeffrey T. Hancock of Cornell University, and Catalina L. Toma of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have published an article about how online daters...more
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