Tag Archives: digital rhetoric

“LinkedIn Is the Professional Powerhouse” for Older Job-Hunters

Posted on July 18, 2016 by kspadaccia

Research supports what I know to be true: LinkedIn is the social media platform of choice for the unemployed. “Whether someone is newly unemployed and facing the first steps getting back into the job market or unemployed for several months … Continue reading →

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Social Media Is “Double-Edged Sword for the Unemployed”

Posted on July 18, 2016 by kspadaccia

We should learn more about how people who are looking for jobs use the Internet. But don’t just take my word for it; reputable international social media researchers agree. Feuls, Fieseler, Meckel, and Suphan (2016) examined a 2012 survey conducted … Continue reading →

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Skills That Today’s Writers Need: A Preliminary Literature Review

Posted on June 19, 2016 by kspadaccia

It’s not easy being a writer any more. I started my career as a community journalist. That style came easily to me: Write the most important hook first, in a way that made readers continue past the first sentence or … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Research Paper Topics

Posted on June 19, 2016 by kspadaccia

How do my personal experiences affect my topic of choice for my research paper? Hmm. Few things make me happier than cheering for my two teenage boys who travel ice hockey, but I’m not sure that Dr. Bohannon wants to … Continue reading →

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My Perceptions About Visual Media

Posted on June 19, 2016 by kspadaccia

How do my professional and personal experiences affect my perceptions of visual media? At work, I’m a writer with nearly two decades of experience for investment brokerage firms owned by banks, plus three years as a reporter. I try to … Continue reading →

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Media bias: “Not always a bad thing”

Posted on September 13, 2015 by kspadaccia

As long as communications involve humans, those communications and how they’re interpreted will involve bias. That is to say, the how information is initially produced, consumed by audiences, interpreted by humans, perceived and then communicated to others. Scholarly researchers should … Continue reading →

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Copyright is about leverage–and control

Posted on June 26, 2015 by kspadaccia

Anyone with an Internet connection can access a broad universe of music, movies, and e-books. As I recently explained to my teenage boys, when I was your age, my entertainment consisted of radio, vinyl records and Saturday morning cartoons. Nowadays, … Continue reading →

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