Today was the big day – we presented our APS poster titled “Loneliness Predicts Perception and Use of Social Networking Sites. We were indeed a hit! All of us (Ben, Rebecca, Mom, and I) had LinkedIn t-shirts and hats as part of the theme with our poster. I have to Read more…
Hello from San Francisco! It has been an exciting and eventful couple of days at the Associaion for Psychological Science convention in the heart of the lovely city of SF. Even though I am getting a Ph.D. in Public Relations, my research in reputation management and personalities involves a lot Read more…
Got Social Media? Oh yes, we sure do! 🙂 We are in an age where it is common practice to incorporate social media into our public relations campaigns and in the classroom. There are so many opportunities to use social media to get the messages across to our target audiences. Read more…
One of the areas of interest in research that I am interested in is in crisis communications. I think that it is interesting how corporations and individuals react differently when a sudden event happens, and how to deal with the various aspects in a timely and proactive manner. There seems Read more…
I have written several posts on the impact of social media for public relations professionals and academics, but there was one audience that I feel is very important in regards to social media. Who you ask? Well, students of course! These individuals are the ones that will be graduating and Read more…