Matthew Sweeney, Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the Community College of Denver joins us to discuss their impressive two-year programs.
Read moreCommunity Colleges: A Better Path to Careers?
For the first half of our show, Everette Freeman, Community College of Denver President joins us to discuss the importance of community colleges within the higher education system. For part two of today’s show, we’ll jump into the Journalism Program that CCD offers, with Department Chair, Kristi Strother.
Read moreAdvanced Manufacturing Center at Community College of Denver
Matthew Sweeney Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the Community College of Denver joins us to discuss everything that went into making the Collaboration in Industry Awards.
Read moreKristi Strother - Community College of Denver Journalism Chair
Kristi Strother, Journalism Department Chair and English Professor at the Community College of Denver joins us to talk about her background within journalism and how focusing on what some consider a dying art as a major can be beneficial. Kristi will also talk about her Educator of the Year in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Read moreAdvanced Manufacturing - Community College of Denver
Kristen Muzzy, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Leading2Lean, advocates for manufacturing progress in Colorado and nationwide. Her guests are Janet Colvin, Manufacturing Pathways Campus Coordinator for the Community College of Denver and a board member for Women in Manufacturing, and Tony Rubino, Director of Advanced Manufacturing at Community College of Denver.
Read moreNew Media Concerns - Selective Exposure & Spiral of Silence
Kristi Strother, Journalism Chair at Community College of Denver joins us today to discuss New Media and some phenomena that is especially concerning in today's digital age, and particularly during an election year. Selective Exposure and the Spiral of Silence have been identified for a number of years, but today's culture emphasizes how dangerous these trends can be.
Selective Exposure describes the circumstances in which a media consumer will seek out only the news sources and stories that reinforce what what they already believe. In a time when we have access to more, and more varied information than ever before, this is a limitation on the type of information are willing to hear or read, which leads to un-informed media consumers, and worse, uninformed voters.
Spiral of Silence indicates the the tendency of people to shy away from expressing their own opinion when surrounded by others who disagree. This is particularly concerning in the midst of social media, where one is afraid their differing opinion may be attacked or ridiculed. This leads to an artificial sense of consensus among those whose positions aren't challenged, believing they must be right because no one seems to disagree with them.
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