Announcements

See the calendar on the right for the full schedule.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Upcoming Conference: The 2016 U.S Presidential Election: Tumult at home, retreat abroad?

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is hosting a conference on the 2016 U.S Presidential Election at OSU on November 3rd and 4th. 

The conference provides the opportunity to attend political communication presentations led by prominent scholars from varying universities. In addition to hearing from visiting scholars, our very own Kelly Garrett and Erik Nisbet will be speaking.

The schedule, complete with the titles of the presentations and a list of scholars, is listed here:

https://mershoncenter.osu.edu/eventcalendar/eventdetail/632/-/the-2016-u-s-presidential-election-tumult-at-home-retreat-abroad.html

Registration is required for the conference, so don't forget to say you're going!

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Congrats to Hillary and Matt!

Check out this forthcoming (already available online!) article by COPS folks Dr. Hillary Shulman and Ph.D. student Matt Sweitzer in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. The paper, "Varying Metacognition through Public Opinion Questions: How Language Can Affect Political Engagement," found was that when you ask students political survey questions using very simple language (using easy words and avoiding political jargon where possible), students report liking politics more and report being confident in their political abilities. This has implications for greater engagement of otherwise disengaged citizens in our democracy, and is part of an expanding program of research Hillary and Matt are working on. Check out this in press paper here: 
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0261927X17707557

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Former COPS Member Interviews Biden, Kasich

Former COPS member and OSU Ph.D. Dr. Lindsay Hoffman is interviewing Joe Biden and John Kasich today. Watch the live stream at 1pm: http://sites.udel.edu/udlive/

Joe Biden & John Kasich, Bridging the Divides

Join Joe Biden and John Kasich for a conversation on divides facing the nation. In partnership with the Biden Institute, the Center for Political Communication presents a special National Agenda “As We Stand | Divided” program featuring the former Vice President and Gov. Kasich of Ohio. They will discuss how to bridge the many political and partisan divides that exist in Washington, DC, today.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

COPS Mini Retreat



Members of the COPS group attended a mini-retreat, organized by Dr. Hillary Shulman, during OSU's fall break this past Thursday. 

The mini-retreat contained long-form presentations and a high-density panel, during which graduate students and faculty members shared projects at various points of completion. Presenters elicited feedback on a range of topics including identifying the most compelling framing of complete pieces, how to code complex qualitative data, how to frame a piece for communication journals, and how to build a comprehensive research plan for future job talks.

The retreat also featured small-group discussions. One discussion focused on in-progress study ideas for members to bounce off others with different expertise and to also seek potential collaboration. The other small-group discussion concerned the future of political communication studies.

The itinerary of the mini-retreat is listed below.

Long form presentations: approx 20 minutes with 10 minutes of questions
9:00-9:30: Robert Bond, faculty
9:30-10:00: Jacob Long, graduate student

High-density panel: approximately 5 minutes, 15 minutes of feedback
10:00-10:20: Olivia Bullock, graduate student
10:20-10:40: Matt Sweitzer, graduate student
10:40-11:00: Daniel Sude, graduate student

Lunch (featuring delicious pizza)

Small group discussions:
11:45-12:15: In-progress study ideas, brainstorming excercises
12:15-12:45: The future of political communication- what is the next big idea? Next hurdle for the discipline to tackle? Areas of opportunity?

Recap: Closing thoughts
12:45-1:00: Ending thoughts and group picture.


PhD student Olivia Bullock presenting during the high-density panel

PhD student Daniel Sude sharing the variables used in his past studies