The Search for Community in a Technological Age
Michael Bugeja
Wednesday, 04 Apr 2007 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Michael Bugeja, the spring 2007 University Presidential Lecturer, is a professor and the director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. He is the author of twenty books, including Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age (2005), an analysis of what happens when we spend too much time consuming media and using technology. Bugeja's commentaries on media ethics and technology have been cited internationally in such outlets as USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor and in online news editions of CBS, NBC, ABC, and CNN. He writes regularly for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. He will be discussing his research on Internet addiction and "interpersonal intelligence" - the ability of individuals to know when, where, and for what purpose technology is appropriate.This lecture was taped and broadcast as part of Iowa Public Television's Intelligent Talk Television. Watch it online: click here.
Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges, universities, and libraries across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating institutions provides top-notch programs featuring experts on topics ranging from politics to science to economics for broadcast on IPTV’s digital channels and streaming on the ITTV website.
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- Miller Endowment, Inc.
- Office of the President
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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