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Every Friday after work you go out with coworkers for a few drinks, and invariable end up posting a few pictures of your Friday Funzies to Instagram. Can the way you depict yourself in relation to alcohol actually change your relationship with alcohol? A registered report by Dr. Femke Geusens, myself, and Dr. Kathleen Beullens drew on identity shift theory to answer this question. Perhaps fortunately, neither posting pictures of alcohol or being social with alcohol affected participants' intention to drink in the future.
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It is pretty well established that recent social media posts can affect employers' perceptions of an applicant; but what about when employers find those posts you made years ago? New research by brilliant graduate scholars Mary C. Katreeb (now a PhD student at Arizona State) and Ertemisa P. Godinez (now a talent specialist for a financial services firm) looks at the effect of post temporality on current impressions. The good news is that older posts seem to impact perceptions of the 'now' you less than more recent posts.
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Do sponsored posts tell us as much about a target's offline self as either self-statements or third party reviews? New research by a group of graduate scholars tells us that influencers may be better than an organization's own claims; but aren't as good as true reviewers from unknowns. This paper was the output of my Fall 2022 COM418 course, and demonstrates how well the enrolled scholars mastered the warranting construct.
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A long while in the making, you can now pre-order Computer-mediated communication, my new textbook for undergraduate scholars, is now available. The book focuses on both theories and applications of mediated communication, presenting classic theories in contemporary environments. Chapters address interpersonal, group, organizational, and political communication online, as well as social media, CMC for education and persuasion, and other contemporary topics. Instructor supplements forthcoming, including test bank and sample assignments.
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A Little
About Caleb |
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Born at an early age just outside Flint, Michigan, Caleb T. Carr is
a Professor of Communication,
and sometimes refers to himself in the third person. His research
primarily explores computer-mediated communication as it converges organizational and interpersonal
phenomena, decision making and the development and presentation
of identity online; he also cares about your interests.
In addition to scholarly pursuits, he has performed in London’s
West
End, water skied with alligators, and yodeled in the Alps.
His career path has allowed him to pursue his passions of
research, teaching, and skiing;
though he sometimes restructures those priorities. He takes
his cheesesteaks
“with.”
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A Little More About
Caleb's Research |
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Although he has had training in qualitative
analysis and rhetorical criticism, Caleb is epistemologically
a quantitative researcher, who typically uses
experiments and surveys to answer research questions.
His research focuses on how individuals and organizations
are blurring the line between personal and professional
through technology. As effective lenses through
which to explore these issues, Caleb's research
has often used online
discussions and group decision tasks, the
popular online multiplayer game World
of Warcraft, and online communities in his
experiments. In survey research, interesting data
is often authored from human resource practitioners
and managers in organizations.
Curriculum
Vitae
Word (*.doc) Format
Adobe (*.pdf) Format
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Yet More About Caleb's
Teaching |
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Though an avid and involved researcher, Caleb
also enjoys teaching, particularly the opportunity
to take material from the lab straight into the
classroom to keep students abreast of the latest
developments in their discipline. Caleb has taught
many courses in several departments to an equally
diverse array of students. With teaching experience
in Business, Communication, and Telecommunication,
he has taught to both traditional (i.e., undergraduates
living on-campus) and non-traditional (i.e., returning,
older, and telecommuter) students in both on-ground
and online courses.
Current
Schedule
COM229: Foundations of Organizational Communication
COM495: Seminar in Organizational Communication
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