EVENTS
Symposia/Conferences
Professor Wayne Wanta's March 17, 18, 19, 2008 Seminar in Wroclaw, Poland
Agenda-Setting History, Origins and the Five Branches that have Emerged
Professor Wayne Wanta presented a seminar on agenda-setting history, its origins and the five branches that have emerged to MA and Ph.D. students at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wroclaw, Poland. View the University of Wroclaw online news article. http://www.zksid.politologia.uni.wroc.pl/news.php?lang=en&id=177
March 12, 2008 - Symposium on Social Networking
The Center for the Digital Globe sponsored a social networking symposium on March 12, 2008, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Wrench Auditorium (S102 Memorial Union). Rebecca Phillips, Vice President of Social Networking at Beliefnet, discussed social networking web sites, including FaceBook and My Space. Beliefnet is an award winning religion and spirituality web site recently aquired by News Corp and launched in October, 2007. It is the largest single religion web site, with over three million regular users. Professor Paul Martin Lester, Department of Communications at California State University-Fullerton, joined the symposium through video conference to discuss his experiences with teaching a class on the Second Life online community. Professor Chi-Ren Shyu, MU Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, discussed science collaboration across disciplines. He regularly teaches courses about the internet. Professor Patricia Fry, MU School of Law, discussed legal issues. Professor Fry has served on many state and national committees and conferences on electronic commerce. She has published widely in the field of commercial law and electronic commerce and has taught courses on sales and leases, modern payment systems, secured transactions and electronic commerce. Professor Wayne Wanta, MU School of Journalism and Director of The Center for the Digital Globe, served as moderator for the symposium. He teaches the Center's J8052 capstone course on the impact of technological change and globalization. In 2007, he served as President of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the largest journalism education association in the world. View our Presenter Bios page to learn more about our speakers. Read the highlights from our symposium.
Highlights from the Center for the Digital Globe symposium on Social Networking - March 12, 2008
December 4, 2007 - Video Conference: International Election News Coverage - Moscow, Berlin, Buenos Aires
On December 4, 2007, The Center for the Digital Globe held a video conference on international election news coverage from Moscow, Berlin and Buenos Aires. Representatives from the three countries shared news and answered questions about their elections. CDiG Director Wayne Wanta served as moderator for the video conference. You may view the video conference at the following Adobe Connect site.
12/04/07 Video Conference: International Election News Coverage - Moscow/Berlin/Buenos Aires
April 2-4, 2007 MU Conference Note:
On April 2-4, 2007, MU and Apple Computers held a conference titled "Reaching and Teaching the Digital Native: The Digital Campus Institute@Missouri."
To view the agenda for this conference (Topics and Presenters), see their conference web site. http://muconf.missouri.edu/dci/agenda.html
Seminar Presentations
April 18, 2007: Dr. So-Yeon Yoon - Virtual Reality Design Software Demonstration (Architectural and Interior Design Planning and Communications Software)
A copy of Dr. So-Yeon Yoon's software presentation summary is available at this link: http://cdig.missouri.edu/virtualrealitydemo.pdf
