Looking forward to meeting wonderful colleagues
and seeing inspiring presentations at this year's
ICA Conference in Washington, D.C.!
In the beginning was the Word.
Communication: Central to human existence.
We must study it well.
We must do it better
We share one world.
My colleagues and I focus on communication practice and research across cultures, ideologies, and national boundaries.
Bollywood and Globalization
- Includes quantitative and qualitative chapters
- Covers 61 years of post-colonial cinema
- Contributors from three continents
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Franciscan University Schola CD Released December 2018 by Warner Music
- Directed by Nick Will
- Produced by David J. Schaefer and Nick Will
- Engineering assistance by Ned Bury
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ICA 2016 Bollywood Panel, Fukuoka, Japan
- Focused on the impact of south Asian cinema
- Included participants from India, Pakistan, USA, and the UK
- Examined the soft power of Indian media
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Sense-Making Methodology resources can be found on Google Scholar (formerly housed at OSU)
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Check out the text of Communio et Progressio on the 45th anniversary of its publication by the Second Vatican Council
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Since antiquity, communication has been central to human existence. Digital media have vastly expanded its reach and importance.
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Observe
Sample a wide variety of media. What's popular with whom? Why? What tastes are consistent? What changes?
3
create
Develop multiple approaches for varying audiences using a broad range of tools.
2
contemplate
Explore what makes communication effective, targeted, and interactive. How do we make sense of media in changing social and individual contexts?
Welcome
Hello, my name is David J. Schaefer and I am a media teacher, researcher, and practitioner. I have worked in commercial and non-profit radio, public television, and the newspaper industry as a producer, writer, announcer, actor, or reporter. With nearly 30 years of university teaching experience, I have designed and delivered courses in audio and video production and performance, filmmaking and film studies, broadcast and interactive writing, web design, rhetorical and critical theory, and related areas. My research interests include global media literacy, Sense-Making Methodology, Bollywood studies, and digital public sphere theory.
Interested in studying media?
Communication and media
Address
Dept. of Communication Arts
Franciscan University
1235 University Blvd
Steubenville, OH 43952
U.S.A.
dschaefer@franciscan.edu
Call
740 284-5391
