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Vision TV: Josh Foreman

In this episode of Vision TV with the College of Arts & Sciences, Josh Foreman, an instructor in the Department of Communication discusses his “Hidden History” book series. We sit down and talk about the newest addition, "Hidden History of Vicksburg."

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CO Connection: Taylor Howard

Mississippi State University Department of Communication, Media & Theatre Head, Dr. Terry Likes, interviews Taylor Howard, a senior, graduating in December with an emphasis in Broadcast & Digital Journalism. Taylor has already won more than a dozen national, regional, and state awards in categories for radio, podcast, and tv. She has completed two internships in Jackson (MS) and Tulsa (OK). Taylor discusses why she chose television news as a career option, the importance of internships and networking, building her media portfolio and her job prospects.

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CO Connection: Brandon Langlois

Mississippi State University Department of Communication, Media & Theatre Head, Dr. Terry Likes, interviews Brandon Langlois, MSU’s Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communication and Content. Langlois is a CO alumnus, who specialized in Public Relations and Broadcasting. After graduation, he took a job at the University of Arkansas. He came back to MSU in 2018 as Associate Director of Communication. In this interview, Langlois discusses his current role in how his office handles the media coverage for all things MSU Athletics. He also delves into the fact that athletics in the SEC does not have an off-season, State’s recent hiring of a new baseball coach, renovations to Davis-Wade stadium and more. His team recently won a ChangeMaker Innovation award.

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Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web, based on E.B. White’s novel, enchanted young audiences through the touching friendship between Charlotte, the spider, and Wilbur, the pig.

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Award-winning Theatre MSU continues 60-year milestone with coming-of-age dramatic comedy ‘The Wolves’

Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU continues its 60th season this month with a theatrical production highlighting the chaos and confusion of teenage life. Sarah DeLappe’s award-winning “The Wolves”—a Pulitzer Prize finalist script depicting young women of a high school soccer team as they gather weekly for practice—is presented on the McComas Hall main stage Feb. 28-March 2.

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Fisher presents at AEJMC conference

Melody Fisher, an associate professor in Public Relations, participated in the panel Essential Change: Adding Diverse Role Models to Public Relations History at the annual AEJMC conference in San Francisco in August. Alongside co-authors Jeffrey Morosoff, of Hofstra,, David Brown, of Temple, and Shelley Spector of the Museum of Public Relations, Dr. Fisher discusses uncredited pioneers of public relations history.

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Choi presents on partisanship, political satire and emotions

Heesook Choi, an assistant professor of Print & Digital Journalism, presented “Partisanship, Political Satire and Emotions: Applying Social Identity Theory to the Study of Political Satire and Affect Toward Presidential Candidates” at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in August. This study examines the role of partisanship in political TV satire viewing and its association with affect toward presidential candidates.

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Carter presents on teaching rhetoric of public memory through music

Gil Carter, an assistant professor in Communication & Media Studies, recently presented "It's Not Just a Song: It's a Way to Teach Rhetoric of Public Memory" at the Alabama Communication Association conference held at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Carter demonstrated how private memories expressed in popular music connect to broader understandings of public memory, citing examples from his new course, Words That Changed the World.

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Carter publishes narrative analysis

Gil Carter, an assistant professor in Communication & Media Studies, recently published an article in the Journal of the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri titled "Who was Robin Bush? A Narrative Analysis of How a Presidential Family Experienced Her Death." Carter examines how three versions of Bush’s story form a cohesive narrative that shaped the Bush family’s public and private communication as they rose in American politics.

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Seitz publishes chapter in handbook

Dr. Holli Seitz, an associate professor in Communication & Media Studies, recently published a practitioner reflection, "Using communication science to inform responsible crisis communication," in The Routledge Handbook on Crisis, Polycrisis, and Public Administration. Based on Dr. Seitz's experience with public health crises, this brief chapter provides evidence-based recommendations for communicators and public officials managing a crisis response.

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‘Birddogs and Tough Old Broads’ book by MSU author highlights women journalists in Mississippi

Mississippi State faculty member Pete Smith showcases the experiences of women journalists throughout the course of a century in his new book “Birddogs and Tough Old Broads: Women Journalists of Mississippi and a Century of State Politics, 1880s-1980s.”

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