Grant Work
Serena Carpenter, Ph.D.
External
Broadcast Education Association New Faculty Research Grant (2010). “An examination of doctoral programs: Using the zone of proximal development to understand how mentoring is related to adult learning.” $2,000. Principal Investigator: Dr. Serena Carpenter.
Indiana State Department of Health (2006-2007). “Adverse events expectations.” $56,449. Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Whitten. Collected data, developed questions for media and health provider participants and prepared manuscripts for publication as a research assistant.
Michigan Department of Community Health (2005-2006). “Low literacy website for parents of pediatric patients.” $165,000.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Whitten.
- Interviewed participants as a research assistant.
Project for Excellence in Journalism (2005). “State of the news media.” $32,000. Principal Investigators: Dr. Frederick Fico and Dr. Stephen Lacy.
- Coded television and print news segments as a research assistant.
Internal
Cronkite School Dean’s Research Grant (2009). “An examination of online commenting communities.” $6,000. Principal Investigator: Dr. Serena Carpenter.
Cronkite School Dean’s Research Grant (2008). “Citizen journalism: Understanding its marketplace value.” $6,000. Principal Investigator: Dr. Serena Carpenter.
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- Spring 2010 student journalism and public relations portfolios
- How to create a Twitter Background
- Social Media Assignment: Free Metric and Measurement Tools
- Use twitter to find jobs – journalism, social media, pr, etc.
- Fall 2009 Online Media students complete their portfolios
- SYLLABI: Teaching Online Journalism and Communication
- Bringing structure to the grading of blog posts
- Teaching the value of Twitter
- Investment in video at newspapers not significant
- Developing a personal brand statement
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