School of Communications

Nicole Triche, an instructor in the School of Communications, will have two of her thesis films shown at 8 p.m. on Sept. 21 at filmSPARK 2008.

Connie Book, associate dean of the School of Communications, along with student Lauren Limerick, testified Sept. 16 before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. They discussed findings of their recent study of the nation’s transition to digital television.

Barbara Miller, assistant professor in the School of Communications, had an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Communication Research. The article is titled “Digging Deeper: Crisis Communication in the Coal Industry.”

The Associated Press reports that the Federal Communications Commission is using the work of an Elon team led by Connie Book, associate dean of the School of Communications, in analyzing the DTV transition test which took place in Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 8.

A team of students led by communications professor Connie Book traveled to Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 8 to document what happened when the first American media market made the historic switch from analog to digital television.

The Sunshine Center of the N.C. Open Government Coalition will celebrate National Freedom of Speech Week by hosting an interactive workshop in Dare County Oct. 21.