Academic Creativity and Excellence Day
The semi-annual research colloquium at Bushnell founded by Dr. Tim Bergquist.
Speakin’ Beacons Showcase
NCU’s Speech and Debate Team will showcase speeches and oral interpretation pieces prepared for the Fall 2012 slate of tournaments, including formative speaking, after dinner speaking, prose interpretation, and poetry interpretation.
COMM 321/421, Forensics
Doyle Srader
Ross Evans Chapel
9 – 10 AM
Mass Media and Politics
Throughout the years, journalism and politics have coexisted in America. Print and broadcast journalism both influenced political thought in their time. Print journalism brought awareness to the court packing legislation during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt. Broadcast journalism revealed the truth of McCarthyism to the American public. Today, the internet media has assumed the job of influencing politics, as shown through the recent protests of the SOPA and PIPA legislation. By looking back on how mass media influenced political opinion in the past, we can find examples of what the future of mass media and politics will look like.
COMM 499, Senior Capstone
Doyle Srader
A201
1 – 1:30 PM
A Narrative Criticism of The Lord of the Rings
A look at the story of Aragorn (a character in The Lord of the Rings) and how history is a parallel to the history of England.
COMM 340, Rhetorical Criticism
Doyle Srader
Banquet Room
1 – 3 PM
The Relationship Between Attention Span and YouTube Video Design Preference
This study looked at the relationship between attention spans and the design behind YouTube videos. Subjects were shown two separate videos of the same story, one with minimal editing and the other designed with jump cuts and text overlaid in the style of a YouTube video. It is hypothesized that the participants tested to have a shorter attention span will have greater appreciation for the heavily edited video as opposed to the video with few edits.
COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication
Doyle Srader
Banquet Room
9 – 11 AM
Game Show Tournament of Champions
A live recording of the JBCN Radio game show’s season finale Tournament of Champions. We’ll have three winners competing in a puzzle game to win prizes, and hopefully people just walking around will stop in and be our audience.
COMM 230, Broadcasting
Doyle Srader
L203B
10:30 – 11 AM