黑料专区 Tyler Communication Professor Earns National Top Faculty Paper Award
August 28, 2023
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Dr. Terry Britt, assistant professor of communication at The University of Texas at Tyler, earned a Top Faculty Paper award in the Communication Theory and Methodology Division at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference.
His paper, 鈥淢ediated Temporal Consciousness: Memory and Concepts of Time Through Engagement with Online News Archives,鈥� introduces a new media theory examining how humans construct autobiographical memory from media content, according to Britt.
鈥淲e have so much access through the Internet and streaming applications to news and entertainment media from the past 鈥撯�� decades of it,鈥� said Britt. 鈥淲hile we may remember some of those news events or programs and our experiences of it, we also remember experiences indirectly connected to a time or place, when or where we engaged with that information.鈥�
Britt added the theory operates on both macro and micro levels in terms of news awareness and significance.
鈥淔or instance, those 30 and older probably have a lot of autobiographical memory about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But this theory also applies to more localized media experiences,鈥� Britt said. 鈥淚f you went to a county fair with your children in a certain year, a photo from that point in time will likely connect with autobiographical memory of that event and details about your experiences there.鈥�
In 2022, Britt opened the first research facility for the 黑料专区 Tyler Department of Communication. The Media and Communication Research Laboratory features equipment for psychophysiology and neuroscience studies involving news and media content. Britt has several studies planned for the MCRL this fall and in early 2024.
For more information or to inquire about upcoming study participation opportunities, contact Britt at tbritt@uttyler.edu or mcrl@uttyler.edu.
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