CJT 790 RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION. (1-6)*
Significant participation in important aspects of a research project under the direction of a graduate faculty member. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Prereq: Completion of all required first-year courses in the doctoral curriculum and consent of Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.
CJT 790 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Dr. Jim Hertog invites participation in Mass Communication CJT 790 Projects:
The first research program that would be appropriate for CJT 790 can be described as follows:
A significant scholarly concern is the nature of news coverage of social protest. Scholars have argued that a number of features of such coverage can be traced to personal biases of journalists, production routines of news organizations, the dominant political ideology of the society, and, certainly, the actual nature of the events themselves. The scholars’ views and results are often contradictory, incomplete or purely descriptive. In order to identify characteristics of protest coverage and to identify sources of influence over that coverage, this study analyzes coverage of the “Battle in Seattle” protest against the WTO and globalization that occurred in late 1999. The goal is to then follow succeeding globalization protests that occurred around the world and test the findings from this original piece of research.
The second piece of research can be outlined in the following manner:
Political communication research has focused heavily either on news framing of public issues or on citizen reaction (learning or persuasion) as a result of political campaigns or coverage of controversies and events. Little if any research has addressed the impact of news coverage of elections, as well as a reaction to political marketing, on the candidates themselves. While a significant concern expressed in the literature has been whether the media scrutiny common to modern campaigns has soured many excellent political candidates on public service, we have little empirical evidence concerning the actual experience of political candidates—both winners and losers—in regard to news coverage. This is especially true of ‘down-ballot’ races—those for less-well-known offices and candidates. This research revolves around an Internet-based survey of candidates for public office this November, asking a range of questions about their experience with news coverage, campaign communications and reasons for seeking office.
Dr. Derek R. Lane invites participation in Instructional and Health Communication CJT 790 Projects:
Students interested in participating in ongoing research related to the intersection of instructional, health, and risk communication are invited to schedule a meeting with Dr. Lane--preferably early in the semester to discuss independent study course credit, and/or opportunities for publication.
Data are scheduled to be collected during the 2009-2010 academic year to 1) test a new message-centric theory of instructional communication, 2) refine a theory of small group productivity and leadership, 3) develop an explanation for student incivility based on an a retroactive application of Weick's theory of sensemaking, and 4) create a message-oriented model to inform peer education programs to reduce power-based personal violence based on the Integrated Behavior Model. I look forward to working with you!
Derek R. Lane, Ph.D.
249 Grehan Building
Phone: 859-257-2295
Email: Derek.Lane@uky.edu
Web: www.uky.edu/~drlane
Dr. Seth Noar invites participation in Health Communication CJT 790 Projects:
"I am always looking for graduate students to involve in the health communication research that I am engaged in, and to mentor students in areas that they are interested in. I always have more data and more ideas for projects than I have time for, so I would love for you to come by and chat with me (and particularly if you have interest areas that overlap with mine). Here are some of the kinds of areas that I conduct research in and that I have involved many graduate students in as well: understanding and evaluating health mass media campaigns, examining and testing message design theories and frameworks such as SENTAR and message tailoring, and conducting meta-analyses of health communication literature. Much of my research is in the area of HIV prevention, including interest areas such as testing behavioral theories of safer sexual behavior, understanding sexual communication, and HIV prevention interventions, particularly interactive and computer-based interventions."
Seth M. Noar, Ph.D.
248 Grehan Building
Phone: 859-257-7809
Email: noar@uky.edu
Web: www.uky.edu/~snoar2
Dr. Caroline Rankin invites participation in Interpersonal Communication CJT 790 Projects:
Dr. Rankin is looking for graduate students who would like to work on a project dealing with College Students’ Perceptions of Risky Sex Behaviors. Tasks would include helping construct a survey based on past research in this area, data collection, data analysis, and reporting findings.
Also, Dr. Rankin would like to work with students interested in romantic partners’ Talk about Relational History. She has a data set with as of yet un-analyzed data that students could work with, including both closed-ended and open-ended responses. Tasks would include data analysis and reporting findings.
Dr. Mark Stuhlfaut invites participation in an Advertising CJT 790 Project:
Characteristics of Creativity Study
Two graduate students are needed for a quick project to categorize statements about creativity in advertising from working art directors and copywriters. This for-pay assignment should only take an hour or two. There may be some follow-up work to resolve coding differences. Please contact Dr.Mark Stuhlfaut, mstuh2@uky.edu or come by his office at 143 Grehan.
Dr. Sujin Kim invites participation in an Information Studies CJT 790 Project:
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted by Sujin Kim on July 27, 2008
Research Assistantship and one part time IT support
A Development of Metadata Framework for Pathologic Images Project
Sponsored by Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant funded through Institute of Museums and Library Service (IMLS)
College of Communication and Information Studies
University of Kentucky
The ability to represent relevant metadata for medical images is essential to many biomedical research endeavors in information retrieval. For any types of information-bearing entities, whether texts or images, the foremost step is to represent contained information into any formats of surrogate records, including library catalogs. With the advent of digital imaging in pathology, visual findings related to the diagnoses of disease are increasingly captured and stored in digitized formats. However, the descriptions of these images are not always linked to clinical records, specimen preparation information, and demographic information. This project is designed to address critically important needs of the biomedical imaging community for metadata tools supporting comprehensive biomedical image libraries.
The University of Kentucky (UK) School of Library and Information Sciences received a federal funding (IMLS) to create a standardized metadata framework for pathologic images so that a set of well-described, integrated biomedical imaging information can be efficiently stored, managed, retrieved, and shared. This project is three-year collaborative project with the UK Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UK College of Health Sciences, and Massachusetts General Hospital ( Boston , MA ).
- IMLS award information: Press release from IMLS http://www.imls.gov/news/2008/061708_list.shtm
- Information about grant receive http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/21centuryLibrarian.shtm
Project activities involve four phases to collect, merge, create, describe, and evaluate a metadata set for pathologic images. Expected project outcomes include significant translation of core concepts in information representation, i.e., cataloging, classification, authority and access control, subject analysis, arrangement and display, and vocabulary control which have been developed, standardized, and practiced in libraries, into new and emerging information management needs. In extending librarians’ organizational knowledge and skills to a non-traditional collection, pathologic images, the proposed metadata framework offers an innovative model of librarianship to support a novel and emerging need given today’s unique datasets in the field of biomedical imaging.
There are TWO research assistantships starting Fall 2008 that support the above mentioned project. This position can be adapted to different needs. You could be an UK graduate student (UK students) looking for a research opportunity continuing onto a metadata topic. An ability to understand medical (or health or biological or imaging) contexts is preferred. A position for ONE IT support is also open. Additional experience in Microsoft Windows server (or UNIX server) management, computer vision, image processing, or image databases would be perfect (but not required). A passion for the knowledge organization or medical image retrieval is essential! A full RA will include tuition and monthly allowance and IT support is part-time position.
To apply, please send a CV and letter of your interest to principal investigator Sujin Kim at sujinkim@uky.edu . In addition, if you have any questions about this project and position, do not hesitate to email me!
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Sujin Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
339 Lucil Little Bldg.
School of Library and Information Science and
Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Kentucky
sujinkim@uky.edu
859-257-8657 (Tel)
859-257-4205 (Fax)
CJT 790 Policy Statement*
Research completed for CJT 790 must be original research (that may include existing data sets) that involves data analysis and a subsequent written report suitable for a conference presentation and/or publication. This should not be used solely for bibliographic research. To receive credit for this course, the student must complete an independent study form during course registration to be approved by the Associate Dean.
*Approved unanimously by the Graduate Faculty on April 20, 2004
