How Information Precarity Effects Refugee’s Communication Skills
When you think of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, what comes to mind? Displacement? War? I bet cell phones aren’t high on that list. Dana Janbek, Ph.D., has focused her research on the link between the Syrian Refugee Crisis and cell phones in terms of how the refugees receive information. Dr.…
Sunshine West Coast: No Plan is the Best Plan—My Weekend in San Diego
Stepping on the fallen leaves, I hear the sounds of crunching. With music playing in my headsets, my footsteps match the beats in the song… I enjoy walking, but since driving became my main method of commuting in LA, I miss the feeling of exploring the city on foot. However,…
Q&A with Prof. Dorothy Clark, master lecturer at COM and web founder of The COMmunicator
Prof. Dorothy Clark is a master lecturer at BU’s College of Communication, teaching courses in multimedia, social media and writing for the web. She is the director of the department’s adjunct writing faculty. For over a decade, Clark owned Media Wise, a promotional writing service handling treatments and scripts, multi-image…
A Global Citizen: A Q&A with Bridget Yang-360i (COM ‘16)
Bridget (Xueer) Yang is a COM alum who currently works at 360i as a senior analyst. With more than four years of experience exploring marketing research and analytics, Bridget enjoys uncovering insights from data. As a global citizen who has both worked and studied in China, Canada, Germany, and America,…
Hannah Is in London and Oh Boy, She Is Having Fun!: Wait. There are cultural differences between the U.K. and the U.S.? WHAAT?
Let’s travel back in time to before I flew off to London. I remember sitting in my living room in Michigan watching a BU Study Abroad video about the differences between the U.K. and the U.S. At the time, the video cracked me up. Differences? REALLY? We speak the same…
Bringing Familiarity into New Places: COM Family and Friends Weekend Reception
The COMmunicator accompanied COM students and their families, along with COM staff, for an evening of socializing, snacking and networking. On Friday, October 18, COM students, families, friends, staff and faculty gathered in COM room 209 to kick off BU’s annual parents’ weekend. High spirits and eager chatter filled the…
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