Opinion: Why I support the school strike for climate
Source: Massey University Creative activism expert Associate Professor Elspeth Tilley says school students are engaging in citizenship by marching for action on climate change. There are amazing teachers working within our schooling system to promote critical and creative learning – but in the main, our secondary schooling system is still oriented to what is known […]
Read More →Business community backs postgrad journalism students with prizes
Source: Massey University Dominion Post editor Eric Janssen (right) with Alex Veysey Award winner Adam Pearse, who also won the prize for best multimedia journalism. Insurance Council chief executive Tim Grafton (left) presents RewetiKohere with the business journalism prize Journalism programme leader Dr James Hollings withEllen O’Dwyer-Cunliffe, who won the prize for best special topic […]
Read More →LOL cats to ethical flirting – ‘Our Lives Online’ series
Source: Massey University Scene from The Simpsons’ celebrated ‘steamed hams’ skit and meme – an example of online humour in Dr Nick Holm’s talk The rise of online and social media has dramatically transformed almost every aspect of our lives – from the way we laugh to how we conduct intimate conversations. In a six-part […]
Read More →Academia and advocacy: New research centre comes to Massey
Source: Massey University Professor Mohan Dutta, Dean’s Chair in Communication at the Massey Business School and director of the Center for Culture-Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation. Professor Mohan Dutta comes to Massey University with a big reputation and a unique approach to communication research. He uses a culture-centred approach to support communities to develop their own […]
Read More →Is virtual reality the future of market research?
Source: Massey University Alexander Schnack and the virtual relaity system he developed for his PhD research. Alexander Schnack started out with a pretty standard marketing topic for his doctoral thesis, but he couldn’t find a reliable way of measuring consumer responses to product packaging. In the process of solving this problem, the Massey University PhD […]
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