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Vampires, Al Jazeera, Garrison Keillor and more
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What do vampires, Al Jazeera and Garrison Keillor have in common?
They are topics to be discussed Saturday, May 15, at Campbell University’s Communication and Faith academic conference in the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business building.
Researchers from Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina and other venues will present academic research as part of the Department of Mass Communication academic conference.
“The conference is designed to explore the natural intersection of communication and faith,” said conference host Dr. Edward Johnson, advertising professor at Campbell. He will present research on the Baptists in North Carolina.
The day-long event will include papers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the ‘Myth of Redemptive Violence,’ The Al Jazeera Satellite Television Network: Arabic Free Expression and the bin Laden Tapes, Images and Uses of Religion in the Humor of Garrison Keillor among other research findings.
“The topics reflect the rich variety of academics who embrace faith,” explained Dr. Michael Ray Smith, chairman of the Department of Mass Communication. He will present research on a Christian news magazine compared to mainstream news magazines.
In sum, nearly 40 academics will meet for this conference.
Courtesy of Campbell University |
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