Makemson鈥檚 paper, 鈥淔rom Gibson Girl to Gibson Goddess: The World War I Illustrations聽of Charles Dana Gibson in Life Magazine,鈥� received honorable mention for Outstanding Paper in Media and War. The paper examined the famous artist鈥檚 drawings that appeared in the humor-oriented publication and discovered that the iconic Gibson Girl was used to argue for a more aggressive U.S. role in the conflict. By doing so, she adopted persona beyond the Beauty or Sentimental typologies that had previously defined her.

Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association seeks to advance education and research in mass communication history. Members work to raise historical standards and ensure that all scholars and students recognize the vast importance of media history and apply this knowledge to the advancement of society.

In the chapter, Makemson analyzes cartoons during the 1884 presidential campaign and discovers that far from being solely focused on Grover Cleveland’s illegitimate child scandal, the comic discourse included debate over the protective tariff and often couched those arguments within fervent nationalism.

In reviewing the book, Professor Donald Shaw of the University of North Carolina wrote: “This book goes a long way in explaining why we publically scorn sensationalism while secretly sampling it. Apparently we always have. And the writing in the book, like the news stories studied, is so bright, it is almost . . . well, sensational.”

Did you know …

The origins of social media can be traced to 1690 (at least)?

The media strategies of the tea party and moveon.org aren’t so different from those used by Federalists and Republicans in the late 18th century?

That the first medium touted as “killing print” wasn’t the Internet, or television, or radio?

Join us in June as we examine both the present and the past in COM230, Media History, Media Today, online. You’ll present some of your discoveries using a new open-source multimedia storytelling tool, Meograph (www.meograph.com).

Makemson’s paper, “Setting the Stage for the ‘Institutional Vice Presidency’: Coverage of Gerald Ford by Marjorie Hunter of The New York Times,” examined how Hunter’s articles depicted Ford in the months leading up to his becoming president after the resignation of Richard Nixon. Using framing theory, Makemson found that Hunter’s coverage of Ford fell into three primary categories: asserting independence from Nixon, amending negative narratives that were arising in the press and emphasizing Ford’s vigor and vitality. 

Hunter was hired by The New York Times in 1961 to cover Jackie Kennedy and later focused on covering Congress. She died in 2001.

Makemson presented the paper at the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference at NYU.

The screening was followed by a panel discussion streamed live on the web and moderated by John Kantara, producer of the ZDF documentary and professor at DEKRA Hochschule.

Panelists included Ben Scott, a former adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on technology issues who now works for a Berlin technology and policy think tank. Scott was joined on the panel by Associate Professor Anthony Hatcher and Elon junior Jeff Stern. The panel fielded questions from an audience including students from both universities.

The conference paper was an extension of Kolodrubetz’s honors thesis, which was mentored by Harlen Makemson, associate professor in the School of Communications. Makemson was second author on the paper.

Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association fosters research and teaching of media history.

You can enroll in the course today by visiting the registrar’s office, or through OnTrack on May 1. For more information about the course and a draft syllabus, contact hmakemson@elon.edu.

The origins of social media can be traced to 1690 (at least)?

The media strategies of the Tea Party and moveon.org aren’t so different from those used by Federalists and Republicans in the late 18th century?

That the first medium touted as “killing print” wasn’t the Internet, or television, or radio?

Join us in June as we use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more traditional methods to explore these questions and many more in COM230, Media History, Media Today, online.

Visit OnTrack starting Wednesday, April 11 to add the course. Contact hmakemson@elon.edu for more information.

#historyrocks
 

The origins of social media can be traced to 1690 (at least)?

The media strategies of the tea party and moveon.org aren’t so different from those used by Federalists and Republicans in the late 18th century?

That the first medium touted as “killing print” wasn’t the Internet, or television, or radio?

Join us in June as we use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more traditional methods to explore these questions and many more in COM230, Media History, Media Today, online. You can participate anywhere you have a computer and an Internet connection.

Visit OnTrack starting next week to add the course.

#historyrocks
 

The origins of social media can be traced to 1690 (at least)?

The media strategies of Birthers and moveon.org aren’t so different from those used by Federalists and Republicans in the late 18th century?

That the first medium fueling the “print is dead” mantra wasn’t the Internet, or television, or radio?

Join us in June as we use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more traditional methods to explore these questions and many more in COM230, Media History, Media Today, online.

Visit OnTrack starting Monday to add the course. In the meantime, you can find us on .

#historyrocks