Interesting question. The last "comm. dept." I taught in--a dept. at a division one school with a storied past--decided to map out the next several positions that it would like to fill. Among those I suggested was a position in new media. The only response I got was a look like I had a third eye. I suspect that more than a few departments are quite happy to maintain tradition and cede an area of study with promise of significant funding and growth to other departments because new media faculty might gain more attention and funding than the current faculty, thereby threatening ever-so-fragile egos. In addition, who knows what side new media folks might choose in the department's civil war? BTW, if you think these are absurd or even just tongue-in-cheek suggestions, you haven't worked where I have. --Christian Nelson On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Barry Wellman wrote:
A provocative Q, to be sure, and of course, the answer to members of this list is Yes.
BUT
I just went thru the entire "intersections" (with other disciplines) issue of the J of Communication (54, 4, 12/08) and didn't notice one mention of the Internet, or the new media in general. Perhaps I missed some obscure thing, but I wuz amazed.
Having started this, please excuse me if i don't respond personally. Deadlined on my book chapter NOW.
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