The SEMI-ME is a research group that studies selection, processing and effects of mediated messages. Furthermore, the group investigates the content, creation and sharing of mediated messages.
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The SEMI-ME group is led by Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, a professor at the School of Communication at The Ohio State University and a Fellow of the International Communication Association. She serves as co-editor of Communication Research, a flagship journal of communication science.
SEMI-ME MEETING SCHEDULE Fall 2021
9/2 Kick-off meeting — pics on what you did last summer
9/14 Silvia reflects on UCU/connectedness/majority threats and affordances/message environments
9/21 Jorge brainstorms research plans
9/28 Daniel shares a draft of IJOC paper
10/5 Morgan gets input on MISSY design
10/12 Wenbo presents/shares MARIA
10/19 silvia on the road, can’t meet
10/26 Kristina specifies measures/research design [Halloween attire requested!]
11/2 Ling new project plans
11/9 George pre-election confirmation bias
11/16 ICA deadline approaching, swap papers for feedback?
11/23 Turkey week?
11/30 open
12/7 holiday gathering
SEMI-ME MEETING SCHEDULE Spring 2021
| Jan 29 – ZOOM Daniel Sude: Workshop rtweet, NLP with quanteda
March 5 – Zoom: general check-in on activities March 12 – zoom: Wenbo Li discussion on MIRA paper, popularity cues March 19 – zoom: Kate Luong presents findings from the kw-janin/Serena study April 9 – zoom: SKW & DJS, Self-esteem & confirmation bias paper feedback April 15 – Zoom: Guest presenters from U-Wisconsin: AnneMarie McClain & Marie-Louise Mares May 5 – Zoom: Wenbo Li and Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick present project plan on intergroup contact online May 19 – zoom: Kristina Medero presents project plan on selective exposure to intergroup contact May 25 – zoom: Discussion of Daniel’s new research project idea June 16 – zoom George Pearson & Daniel Sude ask for feedback on issue publics paper
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SEMI-ME MEETING SCHEDULE Fall 2020
| August 21 – ZOOM kickoff meeting for fall 2020, introductions & summer experiences
August 28 – Morgan Ellie September 4 – Silvia Seren(a) September 11 – Silvia Potpourri of Studies September 18 – NO MEETING September 25 – Ling SIT Japan October 2 – Daniel Be(M)atrix Reloaded October 9 – Wenbo Job Talk October 16 – George Data Scraping October 23 – George Data Scraping October 30 – ICA deadline Nov 6 – SEMI-ME check-in coffee hour Nov 13 – Best practices for online data collections – jointly Morgan, Wenbo, Daniel, George, Silvia Nov 20 – Silvia research presentation Dec 4 – Comparing notes research software development and data scraping — jointly Morgan, Jarod, George et al. Dec 11 – Inaugural Virtual Holiday Party
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SEMI-ME MEETING SCHEDULE Spring – Summer 2020
| Jan 10 – Welcome Back! Snacks!
Jan 17 – Semri Model Presentation, Dr. Ann Rousseau Jan 24 – Start at: 9:45AM; Mobile Selective Exposure (Morgan Ross) / Job Talk George Jan 31 – Meeting start at 10:15; Rachel’s instagram study; Wenbo’ Mira 2 Presentation Feb 7 – Saumya, Presenting on Spiral of Silence Feb 14 – Kate <3 Dissertation <3 Valentine’s Day <3 Feb 21 – Elizabeth Talks Marilyn Feb 28 – Silvia’s paper “Filter bubble” Mar 6 – R scripts (Thank you, Daniel!)Mar 13- Spring Break! Mar 20 – //Spring Break extended due to COVID-19// no meeting Mar 27 – ZOOM meeting — checking in, updates during pandemic Apr 3 – ZOOM meeting — Elizabeth Thesis Apr 10 – ZOOM meeting (Daniel dissertation defense test run) Elizabeth’s Birthday! Apr 17 – ZOOM meeting (Elizabeth thesis project presentation ) Apr 24 – at 9 am! ZOOM presentation from Tokyo – Ling presenting data from Japan May 1 – ZOOM presentation, Silvia and George, information verification impacts May 15 – ZOOM presentation, Rachel, thesis, mental health support seeking on Instagram May 22 – ZOOM, feedback for Elizabeth’ paper on online video selection (Marilyn) May 28 (Thursday) – ZOOM meeting, Daniel’s discussion of theory piece in the making June 5 – ZOOM meeting, Kate’s “emotion and online selective exposure” chapter — feedback June 12 – ZOOM meeting, Daniel’s confirmation bias chapter June 16 – ZOOM meeting, Elizabeth on “Marilyn 2” July 7 – ZOOM meeting Morgan & Jarod: prelim Ellie findings July 10 – ZOOM meeting Dr. Joe Bayer: Synthesio August 8 – ZOOM meeting, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick & Axel Westerwick: Do Filter Bubbles Affect Self-Esteem? |
