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Dr. Bey-Ling Sha is the Dean of the College of Communications at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Sha has a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is Accredited by the Universal Accreditation Board. For the interview with Dr. Sha we discussed her 2010 research, “Accredited vs. non-accredited: The polarization of practitioners in the public relations profession.” We wanted a deeper understanding of the thought process behind this study such as the research methods and the importance of the results that came from this study. 

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In March of 2020, upon the rising of Coronavirus cases across the United States and rest of the world, live music professionals began to cancel, postpone, and re-schedule shows, festivals, and tours following CDC and WHO guidelines. However, as we saw cases increase and the pandemic worsen, it became evidently clear that live music would be postponed until “further notice,” or in other words, until an effective vaccine arises. Nonetheless, concert attendees are not the only ones who have been affected by this, but also musicians and more importantly, venues. Iconic venues across the nation such as the Troubadour in West Hollywood, home to legendary beginnings such as Elton John and Joni Mitchell, have expressed their extreme loss of revenue and fear of permanent closure.  We spoke to Dr. Henry Puente, an Associate Professor of Communications at CSUF.  Dr. Puente has ample experience in the entertainment industry, predominantly the film industry, and has provided us with great insight on where live music might be headed in the future. Continue reading “COVID-19 and It’s Impact on Live Music” →

The scholar that we interviewed for our research project was advertising experiment expert, Robert Meeds. Dr. Meeds is an associate professor at California State University, Fullerton and he teaches in the areas of advertising and integrated marketing communications.

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Dr. Sophie Janicke-Bowles has dedicated much of her research to the effects traditional media has on the formation of a person’s disposition. She has over 15 published works that focus on, more specifically, the outcome of positive psychology from her research through new communication technologies, media and spirituality. During our interview, Dr. Janicke presents hardy cognizance on her journey producing the article our group decided to analyze (Janicke, S. H., Narayan, A., & Seng, A. (2018). Social Media for Good? A Survey on Millennials’ Inspirational Social Media Use.The Journal of Social Media in Society, 7(2), 120-140) and learn from in order to move forward with our research paper. She delved into how a research process works, who decides the direction of the research being conducted, and the structure of the research team that allows for the final print. She was very insightful to all of our questions and provided good key points to ideas that we had for our paper. 

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The scholar we chose to interview for this assignment is Dr. Elise Anguizola Assaf, who is a communication professor at Cal State Fullerton. Dr. Assaf is an assistant professor in the Department of Communications, primarily teaching public relations courses in the undergraduate communications program. She has completed her Ph.D. in Education at Chapman University, and holds a M.A. in Communications and a B.A. in Communications, emphasis in public relations, from Cal State Fullerton. Dr. Assaf’s research interests combine her communications and disability studies backgrounds, looking at representations of mental health in media. Her work focuses on qualitative methods, including content analysis and critical discourse analysis of texts in order to understand linguistic elements and sources of power.

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A Rising Issue for Internet Users All Around The World

The creation of the internet has been revolutionary in changing the world and the society we live in. It has enabled to do things we may have never thought were possible 20 years ago. We can instantly communicate with others across the world through texts and chat. We can even see the faces of our loved ones as we video chat with relatives thousands of miles away. The internet along with technology such as the smartphone gives us unprecedented power in the palm of our hand; allowing us to access to unlimited information, social media platforms, health tracking applications, GPS guidance, online shopping and more. As our lives become increasingly intertwined with the internet and technology, our privacy is at stake. Our personal data is knowingly and more often, unknowingly gathered while we use the internet. This data includes, but is not limited to a person’s geolocation, purchasing habits, search history tendencies and social media posts. This collection of data unbeknownst to the user, is a cause for rising concern as users are not only unaware of what type of data is being collected, but also when it is being collected and what is is being used for.

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An Interview with Janicke-Bowels

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We had an interview with Sophie Janicke-Bowles, a professor at Chapman University, regarding her study on the impact of different kinds of video on work-related well-being. In the study, Dr. Janicke-Bowles and her colleagues had an online experiment with 200 full-time employees in the US to explore the role of inspiring effect and positive effect on three distinct well-being outcomes: subjective well-being, psychological well-being, and social well-being at the workplace. 

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We had an opportunity to talk to Dean Sha about her research “Future professionals’ perceptions of work, life, and gender issues in public relations.” The study was a census gathered through the Public Relations Student Society of America that looked at what public relations students felt were gender issues in the field. The researchers found that there was a significant difference in how men and women viewed gender equity in promotion, work-life balance and salaries. 

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Dr. Ricardo Valencia is currently a public relations professor teaching at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Valencia has years of experience with global communications, from being a reporter covering international politics and global media outlets, to being the head of communications at the Embassy of El Salvador to the U.S. Dr. Valencia received his doctorate in Media Studies from the University of Oregon. Dr. Valencia has a plethora of information about global public relations, and was able to share this knowledge and more with us during our extensive interview with him. Our interview covered the topic of how the world of public relations and communications will look after Covid-19 is over; however, we delved even deeper and looked into the way in which the global pandemic and rising political movements have shaped companies’ views of the value of public relations. 

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We sat down with Dr. Bey-Ling Sha, Dean of the College of Communications at Cal State Fullerton, to discuss her research study on workplace issues in public relations. The 2005 study, “Future Professionals’ Perception of Work, Life, and Gender Issues in Public Relations,” discusses the impression public relations college students have before entering the field. Below are our interview questions and Dr. Sha’s responses.

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