Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program

Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program

Cindy Royal, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Texas State University

School of Journalism and Mass Communication

croyal@txstate.edu

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@cindyroyal

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• HTML/CSS• JavaScript• Charting Exercise• Charting Tools

• Chart.js• HighCharts• D3

• Spreadsheets• Web Scraping• PHP/MySQL• News Apps with Web Frameworks• Website, tutorials, video, code repository

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Grasp new meaningsProgram

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CodingGrasp new meanings

DataGrasp new meanings

DataGrasp new meanings

DataGrasp new meanings

JournalistGrasp new meanings

JournalistGrasp new meanings

JournalistGrasp new meanings

JournalistGrasp new meanings

Technology is Communication and Communication is Technology• All media now digital media

• Social and mobile

• This is what we do as communication educators and scholars

It’s All About the Platform

Data, Data, Data• Storytelling, data visualization

• Location-based features and services

• Web scraping and APIs

• Analytics

Innovation• Digital changes scale, scope, economics,

participation

• Question the role of “mass” media

• Interactive presentation of data/results

• Consider the relevance of your research

• Seek inspiration outside immediate purview

• Collaborate and share

• Apply Design Thinking/Make Things

Innovation• Wearables• Drones/sensors• Second-screen engagement• Coding for everyone

• Pay attention, encourage colleagues to as well

• Focus on the future

• Think about new ways topresent research

Teaching considerations• Research in the area of media pedagogy• Curriculum innovation• Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our

classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp…

• Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

Teaching considerations• Research in the area of media pedagogy• Curriculum innovation• Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our

classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp…

• Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

Teaching considerations• Research in the area of media pedagogy• Curriculum innovation• Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our

classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp…

• Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.

Teaching considerations• Research in the area of media pedagogy• Curriculum innovation• Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our

classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp…

• Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.