Communication Arts Professor Jonathan Gray will be the keynote speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Communication and the Public, which will be held June 18-19 in Beijing. Professor Gray’s talk is titled, “Swipe for More: Satire, …
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David Bordwell Appointed Senior Chair of Modern Culture
Communication Arts professor emeritus David Bordwell is always busy. In April, he published his new book The Rhapsodes, which examines key critics from the 1940s and their influence on the world of film. But now, …
CA 100 Speech Contest Spring 2016
On the evening of April 26, the top 16 persuasive speakers enrolled in the fall semester of Communication Arts 100 competed in the CA 100 Speech Contest. The speech contest is a long-standing tradition at …
Summer Term 2016 – Register Now!
This week, registration is officially open for Summer Term 2016 courses! Seniors, juniors, and sophomores can enroll now, and freshmen can enroll on Friday. Taking summer courses is a great way to: lighten your credit …
Radio Preservation Task Force Conference
If one wanted to know what a couple of dozen people with ties to UW-Madison Communication Arts were doing February 26-27, they’d need look no further than the Radio Preservation Task Force Conference. The conference, …
Two Films Premiere at SXSW 2016!
What do the films Silicon Cowboys (2016) and The Smart Studios Story (2016) have in common? Quite a lot, actually! For one, both are documentaries about start-ups in the early 1980s that had significant impacts …
National Customer Rage Survey Videos
We’ve all been there: sitting at home or at work, phone to our ear, listening to the third, fourth, or fifth loop of smooth jazz music play over the line as we wait for customer …
Andrew Bottomley Wins Award from the Broadcast Education Association
Published twice a year, the Journal of Radio & Audio Media (JRAM) aims to promote scholarly discussions concerning radio and other contemporary audio media. As part of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), the journal publishes …
JJ Murphy Receives Named Professorship
It is relatively rare for a named professorship to be bestowed upon a faculty member. It takes a full career of teaching, research, and substantial contributions to their field for a professor to receive such …
Karma Chávez Receives Two NCA Awards, Including 2015 Córdova-Puchot Scholar of the Year
Associate Professor Karma Chávez has received two awards from the National Communication Association (NCA)! From the Latino Studies Division she has been named the 2015 Córdova-Puchot Scholar of the Year, and from the Caucus on …