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Dr. Becker is looking for a Com Study Major with an interest in communicating science both within and outside of the scientific community using digital media. Interested students can contact Dr. Becker at ebecker@sju.edu.

Ambassador Opportunity:

• Semester-long opportunity to intern in a flexible environment for a national brand, while providing a knowledge base of regional marketing and event promotions

Program Goals:

• To build long term brand loyalty starting with college-aged consumers
• To drive traffic and sales for Dunkin’ Donuts in the Greater Philadelphia area
• To increase Dunkin’ Donuts involvement on college campuses by developing key relationships

Brand Ambassador Requirements:

• Current undergraduate student on one of the (6) designated campuses
• Majoring in Business/Marketing, Communications and/or a related field
• Proven involvement on campus through organizations, clubs and/or sports
• Access to car/transportation (or within walking distance of local Dunkin’ Donuts)
• Passionate about Dunkin’ Donuts (loyal guest, invested in the DD brand…LOVES Dunkin’!)
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, charismatic & creative!
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint – provide deck of photos/descriptions for each deadline
• Ambassadors must attend both introductory and wrap-up meetings at AMP Wynnewood

Job Description:

• Serve as liaison on campus for Dunkin’ Donuts Greater Philadelphia, building and maintaining relationships with the following key departments (but not limited to):
  • Student Life
  • Residence Life
  • Greek Life
  • Intramurals
  • Admissions
  • Orientation
  • Campus Ministry/Philanthropic Initiatives
• Work with campus organizations & departments to enhance Dunkin’s visibility on campus
  • Seek opportunities/events through campus departments for Community Cruiser (DD Sampling Truck) Coffee Break DDays
  • Opportunity to distribute $2 co-branded DD cards
  • Promote DD PERKS with partner-specific promo codes (trackable by semester)
  • Secure opportunities for mailbox stuffers
• Take at least ten (10) pictures on campus with Dunkin’ product each month for use on Dunkin’ Philly social media outlets (We will mGift each ambassador to purchase product).
• Attend at least three (3) basketball games (men’s or women’s) & stage DD pictures (when in-season), as well as other games/events as requested.

If interested, please email Melissa Yakim (my@alliancemarketingpartners.com)

For full course schedule (click here)

Note: COM 473 Can be repeated for credit provided the course title is different.

COM 473: Advanced Audio & Video Production. Professor Hammer.

In this course, students will build on previous knowledge and experience working with audio and video, using professional equipment and editing tools to construct a series of creative projects. Course topics and readings will include genre theory, film theory, and sound studies. Students will learn to use professional hardware (cameras, audio recorders, microphones, lighting, etc.) and software (Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition) to prepare them for professional media production situations. Students should expect to do both individual and collaborative work in this class. Course projects will include music videos, sound design for film, and documentaries. Some previous experience with audio and video editing, though not required, is highly recommended.

COM 473: Communications Capstone Project. Professor Knight.

The Communications and Digital Media capstone is designed to synthesize the knowledge, design thinking and research skills learned in the courses comprising the student’s degree program. Students in the course will develop a semester-long project which may be critical or creative in nature. The projects will be executed in three stages with feedback
and discussion at each stage: 1) a full planning brief to propose a project, 2) project development and execution and 3) project finalization and presentation. Students are expected to discuss, present and critique their work with the highest level of professionalism and implement research strategies that contribute to the overall finished project.

Students in the course will meet weekly, report on the progress of projects, discuss research and screen prototype media for peer and faculty critique. At the conclusion of the semester, students present their capstone projects to the Communication Studies community.

COM 473: Digital Media and Electing a President. Professor Parry.

Media places an important role in public formation, one might even say that without media there can be no public. Media is the means by which people talk to each other, form opinions, and coordinate action. In this class we will look at the roll that media plays in democracy, specifically within the context of the role that digital media plays in presidential campaigns. The 2016 election cycle will provide us with a unique opportunity to understand how campaigns use/abuse digital media to convince/persuade/manipulate voters in an effort to win a national election.

COM 473: Participatory Culture, Online Communities, and the Practices of Social Media Research. Professor Wolff

Communication builds and perpetuates connections—connections among people, ideas, technologies, and media objects. This is nothing new, of course. From clay tablets to scrolls to the first books, humans have used communication technologies to represent ideas to be shared with others. Internet and web technologies, however, have transformed the
speed with which humans can communicate to create personal connections. Mobile technologies feed into the immediacy of those connections. As the Nancy Baym states, “the digital age is distinguished by rapid transformations in the kinds of technological mediation through which we encounter one another” (p. 1).

How do we make sense of these changes? How do they transform what we think about communication and the communities those communications serve? How do they change what it means to participate in a mediated society? What are the new terms and ideas that can help us understand what we see happening in public networked communication?

In Participatory Culture, Online Communities, and the Practices of Social Media Research (#popf16), we are going to consider what it means to communicate in digital spaces and how such communication contributes to the creation of personal connections. In doing so, we will consider ideas on off-line and virtual communities, social networks,
participatory culture, fandom, and social justice. We will engage directly with a variety contemporary archiving tools that afford netnographic research and sophisticated data visualization and learn how to interpret that data using various methodologies. Ultimately, we will come to a significantly more nuanced understanding of how people leverage digital spaces, like Twitter and Instagram, for a multitude of complex communication goals.

#popf16 is a course that encourages exploration, discovery, and curiosity. By exploring new opportunities for communicating, by discovering new communities and opportunities, and by allowing our curiosity to lead us in new directions, we will realize more fully what it means to communicate for and in digital spaces. No prior technological experience is necessary, nor is any expected.

The Communications Department is offering a few courses this summer. Summer registration begins February 22nd. For your pin please contact your adviser or Chris Hammond our administrative assistant ONLY if your adviser does not respond to you.

Summer I (3 weeks)

• COM 372 Web Design and Development

• ENG 261 News Reporting and Writing

Summer I (6 weeks)

• COM 473 Crime, Justice and Media

Summer II (6 weeks)

• COM 201 Ethics in Communication

Rachael is hosting an event February 27, 2016 from 9-1:30 PM, which includes a talk by Michelle Moravec, who is a digital humanist, blogger, and Associate Professor of American History/Women Gender Studies at Rosemont College. She will talk about interventions into women’s history on Wikipedia as part of a long history of efforts by non-historians to write women back into our understanding of the past.

Following that…..

There will be a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon..Registration is required see the attached flyer for more details!

Register here! https://nestlist.sju.edu/advert/michelle-moravec-wikipedia-edit-a-thon/