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Burns presents paper at international conference

kburns3 — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:48:00 +0000

Kelli Burns, assistant professor in the School of Communications, presented a paper Sunday at the International Conference on Social Science Research in Orlando, Fla. The paper, titled “Reporting of Pre-election Polls in USA Today during the 2004 Presidential Campaign,” examined how USA Today dealt with reporting data from the USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll in 2004, with particular attention to sampling error. The study demonstrated lapses in reporting of poll results.

The conference, held in the Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs, lasts until Tuesday.

The conference was sponsored by the Centre for Policy and Practice, an independent organization that supports research and its application to real-world questions. This work is interdisciplinary in nature and includes faculty from Education, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Economics, Criminology, Communications and Public Policy.

Tell your story for Media Writing course

kburns3 — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:23:00 +0000

Do you have an interesting background? Do you have an unusual hobby? Have you conquered a challenge? Have you accomplished something that gives you great pride? Have you turned an obstacle into an opportunity?

If you answered “yes” to just one of these questions, my students would love to talk to you. �þ�� in my Media Writing class will be writing profile stories for a class assignment. The stories will then be published in the Phi Psi Cli yearbook.

Please respond and say that you are interested in being a part of this opportunity. If you know someone who should be considered, please let me know about that student as well. The time obligation would be less than one hour.

Congratulations political survey winners

kburns3 — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:07:00 +0000

The winners of the political survey conducted by the Communications Research students are as follows:

Kristin Wehrly, $20 from Outback

Ashley Phipps, $10 from O’Charley’s

Jennifer Holmes, $10 from O’Charley’s

Each was chosen randomly from the list of participants.

With over 370 people completing this survey, we had an overwhelming response. Your participation was crucial to the success of this project and everyone who participated deserves a big thanks! So, thanks you! I encourage you to please continue supporting the efforts of students conducting research.

Win 1 of 3 restaurant gift certificates, take our survey

kburns3 — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:16:00 +0000

As part of our Communications Research class, we are conducting a survey about the 2004 presidential election.

Completion of the survey will take less than ten minutes. It’s a little bit of time for you and a great help to us. In addition it gives YOU a chance to win either a $20 gift certificate to Outback or one of two $10 gift certificates to O’Charley’s.

Now’s your chance to express any opinions you may have about the 2004 campaigns and help your fellow Eloners out in the process. Thanks.

Click the link below to begin the survey:

Seeking teens for focus groups about Internet use

kburns3 — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:01:00 +0000

The Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit research organization located in Washington, D.C., is working on a study about teenagers and what they think of the Internet. This study involves focus groups in three cities and Elon/Burlington was selected to be one of them.

I am helping them organize focus groups of local middle school and high school students who think of themselves as Internet users and (1) have their own e-mail account, (2) have regular access to the Internet, either at home, school, or elsewhere, and (3) spend AT LEAST 5 HOURS PER WEEK on the Internet.

Details:

How long? About 2 hours (pizza dinner provided)

When? Monday, July 12 or Tuesday, July 13(in the early evening)

Compensation? Two movie passes

The insights gained from these groups will be extremely helpful in designing a larger research study the organization will conduct in the future.

If you have or know any teenagers who might be interested, please ask them contact me at:

kburns3@elon.edu

278-5771 (please leave a message)

Thanks so much for your interest!

Alamance Children’s Theatre survey

kburns3 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 22:28:00 +0000

Alamance Children’s Theatre (ACT) gives young people throughout Alamance County an introduction to drama and musical production. For a class project in JCM 334 (Communications Research), we have been working with a representative from ACT to determine level of interest and participation in this organization.

If you have a child living with you between the ages of 7-17, we invite you to take a few minutes to fill out our survey. Your opinions can make a real difference. ACT will consider your opinions when deciding on the actions they must take to accommodate various parent and child needs.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact team member Colleen Koski at 278-4317 or our professor, Dr. Burns, at 278-5771.

Click the link below to complete the survey. Thank you so much.

Colleen Koski, Sara Hodges, Mariah Lietz, Katie Howell, and Jason Smith