School of Communications

Leisure and Sport Management faculty have had research featured in several publications, and during one conference presentation, in recent months.

State and regional media turned to an Elon University faculty member this week for commentary on the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band" and the group's remastered studio albums, which hit stores Wednesday and exposes a new generation to the Fab Four's music. Associate professor Michael Frontani shared with reporters his expertise from research into his 2007 book The Beatles: Image and the Media.

North Carolina's OneWebDay (http://onewebday.org/) celebration is being hosted by Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center and the students of Elon University's Interactive Media Master's Program. It will take place at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 22 at the Academic Village Plaza at the intersection of Haggard Avenue and O'Kelly Avenue on the Elon campus.

Interactive Media master's students wrote essays and produced videos in tribute to OneWebDay, which takes place Sept. 22.

Elon University and the School of Communications welcomed its inaugural class for the M.A. in Interactive Media program this year. Thirty-seven students are currently enrolled.

Janna Anderson, an associate professor in the School of Communications and director of the Imagining the Internet Center, was named to the steering committee of the Internet Governance Forum-USA (http://igfusa.wordpress.com/).

A program directed by Elon School of Communications 2002 graduate Audrey Seagraves has received a prestigious international technology award. The online "Fair Wage Guide," managed by Seagraves, is a tool to assist millions of workers in the developing world who live below the poverty level.