Next Meeting Announcement

This Friday, June 24th, is our next meeting of the Interpersonal Communication Research Group.

We'll meet at 1 pm. at 3116 Derby Hall for what promises to be a great discussion... CJ Lee will present an informal talk on:

Connecting Media Exposure and Conversation

CJ Lee will begin his presentation by summarizing two of his studies in the intersection between media effects and interpersonal communication. The first study (i.e., Lee, 2010) explored the interactive effect of media use for health information and interpersonal health communication on healthy lifestyle behaviors. The second study (i.e., Lee, 2009) examined the conditions under which mass media campaign exposure promotes conversation about campaigns or campaign topics using the concept of social capital. Then, CJ Lee will very briefly talk about three ongoing studies with Jennifer Kam in order to facilitate discussion regarding this area of research.

For those particularly interested in the topic, CJ suggests that we read Southwell & Yzer (2009), When (and why) interpersonal talk matters to campaigns, Communication Theory, 19, 1-8.

If you are in town and available, we hope to see you on Friday!