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!

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

November 4 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

"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

Welcome to our new

research newsletter! ~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.

Enjoy our first newsletter! Feel free to send us content!

January 1 Information for next

newsletter due

NCUR Abstract Deadline

Needed: Please send Jami Warren

Any conference or journal submissions

From the past academic year for our

Strategic plan report.

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ICR: Research News Fall 2013

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 self-disclosure, 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.

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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 co-

authored 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

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 one-page 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.

To nominate someone for a

research spotlight or

nominate a research mentor,

email a member of the

research committee!

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