“Adding amusement to anxiety: Uses of humor in informal caregiver support groups”

Michelle Matter’s paper published in Communication Quarterly Ph.D. student Michelle Matter has published the paper “Adding amusement to anxiety: Uses of humor in informal caregiver support groups” in Communication Quarterly. Summary from Matter: I analyzed support groups for informal caregivers of people with dementia, in which humor and laughter were fairly common. I sorted the […]

Spooky movies you need to see

Spooky season is the perfect time to get scared with friends, and what better way than to watch a few horror films, heart-pumping thrillers, and scary TV shows together? Luckily the Department of Communication Studies is home to CSU’s film studies minor, so Communication Studies faculty and graduate students know a thing or two about spooky films.

“Comic Drunks, Crazy Cults, and Lovable Monsters: Bad Behavior on American Television”

Scott Diffrient’s new book published by Syracuse University Press Professor and Programming Director for the ACT Human Rights Film Festival Scott Diffrient has published the book Comic Drunks, Crazy Cults, and Lovable Monsters: Bad Behavior on American Television. About the book: Contradictory to its core, the sitcom—an ostensibly conservative, tranquilizing genre—has a long track record […]

“The banality of Putin’s propaganda: A dangerous déjà vu”

Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager’s paper published in the Forum for Ukrainian Studies Along with coauthor Evgeniya Pyatovskaya, Associate Professor Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager has published the paper “The banality of Putin’s propaganda: A dangerous déjà vu” in the Forum for Ukrainian Studies. Excerpt: “While Russia is continuing its aggression in Ukraine and the West is punishing Russia with economic sanctions […]

Giorgia Meloni – the political provocateur set to become Italy’s first far-right leader since Mussolini

In the autumn of 1922, Benito Mussolini, the ambitious and charismatic founder of the Fascist Party, became Italy’s youngest prime minister – seizing power in a march on Rome that ushered in a dark period of totalitarian rule.

See the Center for Public Deliberation’s new offices

Over the summer, the Center for Public Deliberation (CPD) relocated to Clark B322. Along with the new space—dubbed the College of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Centers and Programs Wing—came new neighbors, including: The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS) The LEAP Institute for the Arts, which offers a master’s degree and minor in Arts […]

“Perceived immediacy and burnout as mediators of instructor misbehaviors and students’ task value”

Emeline Ojeda-Hecht’s paper published in Southern Communication Journal Along with coauthors Stephanie Kelly, Ryan Goke, and Nikki Christen, Ph.D. student Emeline Ojeda-Hecht has published the paper “Perceived immediacy and burnout as mediators of instructor misbehaviors and students’ task value” in Southern Communication Journal. Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine instructional influences […]

A productive year abroad for Professor Hye Seung Chung

Two new publications by Professor Hye Seung Chung This fall, Professor Hye Seung Chung returned from a year in Seoul, South Korea, where she and CSU Professor Scott Diffrient were completing their prestigious Fulbright scholarship research project, “Beyond Anti-Communism and National Propaganda: Reevaluating South Korea’s State Film Censorship of the Cold War Era.” During her […]