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Robert McKeever

Robert McKeever: [RAW-burt meh-KEY-ver] –noun 

Four Dictionary Results:

1. Ph.D. Student, in the department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2. New Media/Social Networking Junkie

3. Political Scientist

4. Artist, Cigar Aficianado, German, Powerlifter, Bicycle Nerd, Martial Artist, Calligrapher, Jeep Enthusiast and Blogger Consumed by Carolina Football

To say that I have worked on "many projects" involving social media would be like saying "Microsoft does stuff with computers." So, here are a few links about me:

Articles about Robert McKeever:

Kudos for student McKeever's 'Facebook' Thesis

Facing up to Facebook (Carolina Alumni Review) 

School of Professional Studies at Gonzaga University Press Release

Social Networks:

Facebook Profile: Robert McKeever
LinkedIn Profile: Robert McKeever

Conferences:

APSA Preconference on Political Communications

Session:  Social Networking Sites and Groupthink

                                    Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites have drastically changed the way the younger generation communicates with one another, but what are the unintended consequences?  This session will think about "groupthink," the limits these sites place on individual thoughts and analysis, and how understanding this phenomenon can help you understand student borrowers.  

 

                                   Speaker:  Robert McKeever

COHEAO Annual Conference

Session:  Social Networking Sites and Groupthink

                                    Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites have drastically changed the way the younger generation communicates with one another, but what are the unintended consequences?  This session will think about “groupthink,” the limits these sites place on individual thoughts and analysis, and how understanding this phenomenon can help you understand student borrowers.  

                                     Speaker:  Robert McKeever, Computer Mediated Communications Specialist, Gonzaga University

Poligroupthink Blog: Political Groupthink


Projects/Papers:

FACEBOOKED: Groupthink in the Era of Computer Mediated Social Networking

Media-Savvy children in the 21st Century (Op-ed published on numerous sites)

Social Media and Student Borrowers - Presentated at the 2009 COHEAO Annual Conference

Paper Prepared for the 6th Annual American Political Science Association Preconference on Political Communication, Old Media, New Media: Political Communication in Transition (2008) 



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