Communication professors advance research
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 11:27amAs we welcome students, faculty, and staff back for a new academic year, Communication faculty continue to make significant advances in new media research.
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| Dr. David Kim |
Dr. David Kim was appointed as inaugural editor of the Korean Journal of Communication, and serves as its first Editor. The journal's primary objective is to foster the advancement and broader dissemination of Korean communication studies, while promoting diverse and innovative communication research. It is published triannually, and includes peer-reviewed scholarly research, book reviews, insightful commentaries, meticulous field notes and data analysis. Dr. Kim is an established researcher and has published extensively in the areas of Diffusion of Information, Health Communication, among others. The journal is accessible via the University of Texas Press website (https://utpress.utexas.edu/journals/korean-journal-of-communication/) and also listed in the Johns Hopkins University's Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/journal/873). For more information about the Korean Journal of Communication, please visit the journal's website or contact Dr. Kim (do.kim@louisiana.edu).
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| Dr. Lauren Auverset | Dr. Philip Auter | Dr. Phillip Madison |
An upcoming book by Dr. Lauren Auverset, Dr. Philip Auter, and Dr. Phillip Madison will investigate will investigate the ways in which we interact with and relate to current media platforms, like TikTok, YouTube, and Instragram. Parasocial Media: A New Era of Parasocial Interaction and Media Evolution, is scheduled for publication in 2025. The first author, Dr. Auverset describes it as "guide for navigating the ethical and societal challenges that arise from our online connections with public figures." Dr. Auverset and Dr. Madison and emerging experts in parasocial interaction research. Dr. Auter is a veteran in this area of research, and one of the scholars who first introduced the notion of parasocial interactions to describe how audiences form perceived bonds with TV personalities, as well as characters in fiction books and movies. A more developed story on this upcoming book can be found here: https://vpresearch.louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20240319/communication-professors-set-release-pioneering-book-impact-parasocial.
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