ICR: Research News
Fall 2013
ICR: Research News In this issue‌ Learn about the initiatives of our new Research and External Resources committee, learn about upcoming opportunities to conduct or hear about research, read spotlights on faculty member and a graduate student research projects, and explore the many updates on the ICR website related to research!
Welcome to our new research newsletter!
Upcoming Events and Deadlines November 4
~Editor, Brandi Frisby As our division undergoes transition, change, and dramatic growth, it is critical that we begin distinguishing ourselves as a leader in all things instructional. We are already doing amazing things with our students as teachers and publishing research meant to enhancing the learning and teaching experience (along with research in many other fascinating areas of communication scholarship)! This newsletter is meant to help with information dissemination intended for undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty. We hope that this newsletter will foster research collaboration in our unit and celebrate the innovative research already happening! In this newsletter, you will find important dates, highlights on research going on in our division, information on research workshops to help you conduct and publish your own research, and congratulatory notes for recent publications and our first research mentor! You will also see a brief feature from Mary Ann Nestmann as she helps us to transform our website to focus on research collaboration in the division. Finally, this newsletter is meant to be interactive, so look for the hyperlinks to take you to more information on some of the items.
ICA Paper submission deadline
November 6 IRB submission deadline for expedited/full reviews November 14 Turning your Classroom into a Research Laboratory November 30 CIS GIFTS submissions to brandi.frisby@uky.edu December 6 January 1
NCUR Abstract Deadline Information for next newsletter due
Needed: Please send Jami Warren Any conference or journal submissions From the past academic year for our Strategic plan report.
Enjoy our first newsletter! Feel free to send us content!
"It is an honor and privilege to work with a team of exceptional colleagues in the ICR Division. These fine scholars are conducting some of the most cutting edge instructional communication research in contexts ranging from traditional and online classrooms to health, organizational and crisis settings." ~Division Director, Deanna Sellnow
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Research Resources on the Division Website ~ IT Support, Mary Ann Nestmann In order to better highlight some of our many research resources on the web, we’ve decided to change some of the menu links on the ICR website (ci.uky.edu/icr). Now instead of resources, you’ll see a link for Research. Move your mouse over Research to display a menu of items, including links to communication journals, associations, conferences, studies our faculty are conducting, and back issues of our research newsletter. There’s also a networking database that lists the research interests of our faculty and graduate students. If you are logged into the networking database using your linkblue user name (the default password is u$ and the last 6 digits of your employee id), you’ll be able to see posts in our collaboration forum and make your own requests for collaborators. Finally, from the Research menu, click on Research Mentor to learn more about the current mentor and chat with him/her online. Of course, don’t forget the many useful resources on our For Faculty page, as well, accessible on the side menu. There you’ll see a calendar of events and links to many teaching/research resources across the university, including quick links to IRB and the Office of Sponsored Projects. For those of you teaching undergraduate courses, you can still access student examples and other teaching resources using the Student Resources menu.
Using Research to Teach: A tip In a recent study on instructor selfdisclosure, researchers found that while disclosure is good for building relationships and making content relevant, it can contribute to uncivil student behavior. The authors recommended that instructors err on the side of being credible and confident. Reduce the negativity of personal disclosures and prioritize those that are explicitly linked to the course content to increase course relevance for students. This tip goes for Facebook and Twitter too! Students in another study found instructor disclosures on Facebook were TMI (aka too much information) for students they friended. This raised the question: Should instructors friend students?
Congratulations on new publications from ICR!! Buckner, M. M., Ledbetter, A. M., & Bridge, M. C. (2013). Raised to dissent: Family-of-origin family communication patterns as predictors of organizational dissent. Journal of Family Communication, 13, 263 – 279. Frisby, B. N., & Sidelinger, R. J. (2013). Violating student expectations: Student disclosures and student reactions in the college classroom. Communication Studies, 64, 241-258. Gaffney, A. L., & Frisby, B. N. (2013). A new hybrid: Students’ extensions of integrated communication content. Basic Communication Course Annual, 25, 207-245. Limperos, A. M., Downs, E., Ivory, J. D., & Bowman, N. D. (2013). Leveling up: A review of emerging trends and suggestions for the next generation of communication research investigating video games’ effects. Communication Yearbook, 37, 348 – 377. Stafford, L., Price, R. D., & Reynolds, M. A. (2014). Adults’ meanings of friends with benefits relationships : A romantic relationships-oriented study using focus groups and values coding. In J. Manning & A. Kunkel, Researching interpersonal relationships: Qualitative methods, studies, and analyses. Thousand Oaks, Sage. Warren, J. L. (2013). Does service-learning increase student learning?: A meta-analysis. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 18, 56-61. Young. L., Horan, S. M., & Frisby, B. N. (2013). Fair and square? An examination of classroom justice and relational teaching messages. Communication Education, 62, 333-351. 2
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Research Spotlights, Fall 2013 Research Mentor, and GIFTS for Training and Conferences ICR Faculty Research Spotlight Our first research spotlight is on Assistant Professor Anthony M. Limperos, who recently published an article in Communication Yearbook focusing on the future of communication-based video game effects research. He also has two recently accepted articles. The articles set to appear in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media focuses on how new communication technologies impact gratifications obtained from media and how narratives in video games impact the gaming experience. The forthcoming article in the Journal of Online Learning and Learning focuses on how different types of online lectures impact relational goals between students and instructors and learning. His ongoing research projects focus broadly on understanding the psychology and behavioral impacts of new communication technologies and video games in health, instructional, and entertainment contexts. Currently, he is conducting research to understand how different types of exercise video games impact learning of exercise behavior as well as motivation to continue playing these types of games. This research was coauthored with faculty members and graduate students in the College of Communication and Information.
Graduate Student Research Spotlight Laura E. Young is a Doctoral Candidate who co-authored a recently published article exploring relational communication strategies instructors use in the classroom and student perceptions of organizational justice in Communication Education. The study found that interaction (a factor of rapport) positively predicted student perceptions of distributive, interactional, and procedural justice, and instructor responses to questions (a factor of confirmation)
predicted interactional and procedural justice. This piece illustrates how instructor relational behaviors influence student perceptions of the classroom experience. Laura is currently writing her dissertation and anticipates graduating in May. Other research interests include strategic organization, organizational communication, and risk communication. Her productive research agenda has earned her the first research spotlight for graduate students!
Research Mentor Dr. Brandi Frisby has been selected by the research committee as our first research mentor. In this new role, she 3
To nominate someone for a research spotlight or nominate a research mentor, email a member of the research committee! will answer questions and serve as a guide to those who are launching new research projects. As this semester’s research mentor, she will also be offering our first research workshop titled “Turning Your Classroom into a Research Laboratory.” Additionally, she will hold research mentor office hours where you can visit her in person in LCLI 310G on Thursdays from 10 am – 12 pm, or you can chat with her virtually during these hours.
Submitting a GIFT
GIFTS stands for Great Ideas for Teaching Students. We are lucky enough to work in a division where we have a lot of people to draw from in teaching our courses who all have GIFTS from their own experiences. As part of December training, we are not using the presenter lecture model. Instead, we’ll have as many instructors as possible involved in sharing their favorite GIFT in a round table style interactive presentation. Presenters will have 10 minutes each to present their teaching idea and answer questions, and then we’ll rotate to the next tables. To submit a GIFT, you just need to develop a brief onepage handout that lists the topic your GIFT will teach, a brief rationale behind teaching it this way, anything the instructor needs to do to prepare him or herself to teach the activity, preparation required by the students, and then most importantly, a step-by-step guide on how to complete the activity. This submission should be sent to brandi.frisby@uky.edu by November 30th so that she can begin planning the logistics of the training. Following the December training, the GIFTS can easily be submitted to NCA for Fall 2014. You can click here to see the call for GIFTS from this year’s NCA. This call will be updated soon and submissions are typically due in March.
External Resources and Research Committee Brandi Frisby – co-chair Deanna Sellnow – co-chair Joanne Cattafesta Anthony Limperos Mary Ann Nestmann Mike Pennell Molly Reynolds Tom Sabetta