Monday, September 22, 2008

CHASSIS kick-off / dessert social Oct 3

WHAT: Kick-off / dessert social for CHASSIS

WHEN: Friday, Oct 3, 3:30-4:30pm (regular meetings @ same time every Friday thereafter)

WHERE: Derby 3150

Welcome to new and returning faculty and students!

As we set our schedules for the upcoming quarter, I want to encourage everyone to save some time (and some room for dessert) on Friday, Oct 3, 3:30-4:30, for our first meeting of CHASSIS - Communication, Health, Attitude Structure, and Social Influence Strategies.

We anticipate continuing discussion after this and future meetings at a local waterhole, to keep the conversation lubricated (we'll keep the car puns to a minimum, we promise!).

We believe issues of attitude structure and social influence are the foundation and underpinning of many key issues in communication, whether they be in domains of health, politics, media effects, etc. (in much the same way a chassis is the underpinning of a car, and the same chassis supports a Camry and a Lexus).

We're here to explore those shared underpinnings. In that spirit, we have broadened our original health comm focus to include people from political, social influence, mass and other topical orientations so that we can work together on topics of shared concerns. You can feel free to attend specific sessions even if you aren't a regular attendee.

This quarter and next, we'll focus on communication, self-concept and social identity. Here is our fall quarter schedule of topics/discussion leaders, subject to change/confirmation.

Oct 10 - Dr. Janice Raup-Krieger
Communication processes and rural identity

Oct 17 - Nori Comello, 3rd year PhD student
Drug-prevention messages from the perspective of social identity/Optimal Distinctiveness Theory

Oct 24 - Dr. Kim Rios-Morrison
Self-uncertainty and priming effects

Oct 31 - Dr. Erik Nisbet
Social identity cues and strategic framing

Nov 7 - Myiah Hively, 3rd year PhD student
Self-efficacy and identity's influence on behavior: Reciprocal, mediated, or casual relationship?

Nov 14 - NCA practice presentations

Sound intriguing? If so, please take a moment to add your name to our e-mail list by sending a message to Nori (comello.1@osu.edu). If you were on the Health Communication Research Group list and DON'T plan to attend CHASSIS, please send a message to Nori so she can remove you from the list.

If you have any questions, please let Mike Slater know (slater.59@osu.edu). Thanks, and hope to see you at our first meeting!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Welcome to Dr. Erik Nisbet

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Erik Nisbet to CHASSIS and to the department. Erik's research focuses on how media frames and social identity schema work together to impact audience perceptions of conflict in political contexts. Because the study of mechanisms underlying media-effects/persuasion is at the heart of CHASSIS, we are thrilled that Erik will be contributing to the group. He will also be leading discussion at one of our fall quarter meetings. For more information about Erik's research: http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/People/Faculty/ErikNisbet.aspx
Welcome, Erik!