[Tps] Fwd: APSA Political Communication Pre-conference today

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

those of you in chicago might be interested in this

Begin forwarded message:

> From: kgbcomm at uic.edu
> Date: August 28, 2007 11:35:08 AM CDT
> To: kgbcomm at uic.edu
> Subject: APSA Political Communication Pre-conference
>
>
> You are cordially invited to attend the sixth annual political
> communication pre-conference of the APSA, hosted by the Departments
> of Communication and Political Science at the University of Illinois
> at Chicago. This year's program theme is Machine Politics/Politics of
> the Machine and will use an innovative format that includes ongoing
> demonstrations, remote presentations, and tours. The pre-conference
> takes place on Wednesday, August 29, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. in the
> Behavioral Sciences Building (BSB), 1007 W. Harrison St. A reception
> follows immediately after the sessions at 6:00 pm. Program details
> are below.
>
> The UIC campus is a 10-minute ride by taxi or public transportation
> from the Hyatt Regency and the Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers, the
> sites for the APSA meetings. An excellent map of the downtown area is
> available at http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/maps/F2002D.html. If
> you are driving, parking is available in a garage located on Harrison
> Street (just west of BSB). Driving directions to campus are available
> here: http://www.uic.edu/homeindex/maps_directions.shtml
>
> If you are taking public transportation, consult the Regional
> Transportation Authority website for clear directions. You can find
> it here: http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/.
>
>
>
> APSA Political Communication Pre-Conference
> MACHINE POLITICS, POLITICS OF THE MACHINE
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> August 29, 2007
>
> BRIEF SCHEDULE
> All events take place or start from the Behavioral Sciences Building
> (BSB), at 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607
>
> 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Welcome, Orientation, & Tour Sign-Ups, 1115
>
> 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Session I. CONCURRENT TALKS, DEMOS, AND TOUR
> Web Graphing, Online Applications, MRI Lab Tour 1
>
> 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Session II. CONCURRENT TALKS, DEMOS, AND TOUR
> Technology in Teaching Political Communication, Digital Content
> Analysis, Elections & Technology, MRI Lab Tour 2
>
> 4:30 – 5:45 p.m. Session III. CONCURRENT TALKS, DEMOS, AND TOUR
> Harvesting the Web, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electronic
> Visualization Lab Tour
>
> 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. RECEPTION & BUFFET: A Taste of Chicago
>
>
> FINAL PROGRAM & PRESENTERS
> Session I
> 1:15 – 2:45
> WEB GRAPHING
> Studying online political communication with web graph analysis
> (demo), 1169
> Bill D. Herman, University of Pennsylvania
>
> Web graph analysis in perspective (remote talk), 1169
> Ken Farrall, University of Pennsylvania
>
>
> ONLINE APPLICATIONS
> Designing experiments and collecting data with a dynamic information
> board (demo), 1115
> Michael Meffert, University of Mannheim
>
> Studying individuals’ online information gathering behavior (demo),  
> 1155
> Young Mie Kim, Ohio State University
>
> Web campaigning (remote presentation), 1171
> Steven Schneider, SUNY; Kirsten Foot, University of Washington
>
>
> TOUR EVENT 1
> MRI Lab - Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, College of
> Medicine
>
>
>
> Session II
> 3:00 – 4:15
> TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
> Wiki technology for the classroom (demo), 1171
> Ericka Menchen-Trevino & David Elfving, University of Illinois at
> Chicago
>
> Gaming as a Tool for Thinking and Teaching Technology (talk), 1171
> Eduardo Neiva, University of Alabama, Birmingham
>
>
> DIGITAL CONTENT ANALYSIS
> Advances in digital content analysis (demo), 1169
> Ericka Franklin Fowler, University of Wisconsin
>
> Comparing results from digital and traditional content analysis
> (talk), 1169
> Roland Schatz, Media Tenor
>
>
> ELECTIONS & TECHNOLOGY
> Technology & election science (talk), 1115
> Merle King, Kennesaw State University
>
>
> TOUR EVENT 2
> MRI Lab - Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation
> College of Medicine – 1801 W. Taylor – Suite 1A
>
>
>
> Session III
> 4:30 – 5:45
> HARVESTING THE WEB
> Digital political media resource repository (demo), 1155
> Lynda Lee Kaid, University of Florida
>
> Analyzing political video online (demo), 1169
> G.R. Boynton, University of Iowa
>
>
> FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
> What the body can tell us about televised politics (talk), 1171
> Erik Bucy, Indiana University
>
> Everything you wanted to know about fMRI research, but were afraid to
> ask (talk), 1171
> Darren Schreiber, University of California at San Diego
>
>
> TOUR EVENT 3
> Electronic Visualization Lab - College of Engineering and the School
> of Art & Design
>
>
>
> 6:00 – 7:30
> RECEPTION & BUFFET: A TASTE OF CHICAGO
> Sponsored generously, in part, by the Caterpillar Corporation

Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions,  
think. --Byron