[Pols-announce] Fwd: Political Communication Colloquium Talk Oct. 3

[Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick]

2 notable events next week.

Don Haider-Markel
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From: "Muddiman, Ashley R" <ashley.muddiman at ku.edu<mailto:ashley.muddiman at ku.edu>>
Date: September 28, 2018 at 4:18:37 PM CDT
To: "Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick" <dhmarkel at ku.edu<mailto:dhmarkel at ku.edu>>
Subject: Political Communication Colloquium Talk Oct. 3


Hello Professor Haider-Markel,


I hope your week is wrapping up well. The Communication Studies Department is bring Dr. Kathleen Searles, assistant professor of political communication at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication,​ to campus on Wednesday, October 3 to speak about politics and mobile news. There are two related opportunities I wanted to share with your department:


Colloquium talk at 4pm on Oct. 3 in the Jayhawker Room of the Kansas Union, "News and Information Processing in the Mobile Age​"

Summary: Today, most U.S. adults (89%) report using their mobile phones to access news.  Recent gains in mobile news consumption raise questions about how news attention and engagement differ in the mobile setting.  Using consumption data from the real world, we are able to characterize how Americans use their devices to consume news and entertainment, and the picture is bleak: most people spend significantly less time reading news on their mobile devices.  To understand whether these patterns affect the way we process information, we field two lab studies utilizing eye-tracking technology to examine the extent to which people differ in attention and recall across computers, tablets and smartphones.  In both studies, we find that consuming news on a mobile device exerts costs which result in poorer learning outcomes.  Follow-up studies fielded 24 hours after exposure reveal and even more dramatic gap in recall performance between mobile and computer users.  As the American public increasingly relies on mobile devices for news, these findings suggest the move to mobile has consequences for an informed electorate.

Graduate Student Session at 2:45pm on Oct. 3: I've scheduled time for Dr. Searles to meet with graduate students in Bailey Hall 401 from 2:45 - 3:30pm. In addition to talking about her research interests in political communication, news, and digital technology, she's also planning on discussing her role in the organization Women Also Know Stuff (https://womenalsoknowstuff.com<https://womenalsoknowstuff.com/>)​. We'd love for any interested graduate students from your department to attend the session.

Thanks, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

--best, am

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Ashley Muddiman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Faculty Research Associate, Center for Media Engagement
University of Kansas
ashley.muddiman at ku.edu<mailto:ashley.muddiman at ku.edu>
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