Joseph Kayany
Joseph Kayany
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Associate Professor 323 Sprau Tower (269) 387-3139 Personal Homepage |
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University
Areas of Expertise: New communication technologies, telecommunications networks, mass communication theory, and international telecommunications
Courses I Teach
COM 2400: Introduction to Telecommunications
This course will introduce the history, development, and study of media and telecommunications. Areas of study will include roles in media organizations, including management, programming, journalism, and media production. In addition, this curse will examine the media's relationship to economic, political, and social institutions (including advertising and regulation); media literacy; and social effects research.
COM 4540: Interactive Media
The course is designed to investigate the psychological and social effects of on-line interactive communication technologies in the interpersonal, organizational, and social contexts. It also proposes to develop on-line communication and information retrieval skills, and guide students through non-linear organization of information and hypertext design of communication on the Web.
COM 4550: International Telecommunications
This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the essential regulatory and policy issues governing the field of international telecommunications. Special attention is given to the major regulatory agencies and economic players responsible for the formation of telecommunications policy at the international level.
COM 3050: Organizational Communication Technologies
Special topics in organizational communication. The course reviews the research on the impact of of modern communication technologies on human society at the interpersonal, organizational and social contexts.
Research Interests
The impact of new telecommunication technologies on a broad range of social institutions -- families, educational institutions, nations and the global village.
Publications
Kayany, J. M. & Yelsma, P. (2000) "Displacement effects of online media in the socio-technical contexts of households " Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 44(2) 215-230.
Kayany, J.M. (2000). "The Internet" in Gershon, R.A. "Telecommunication Management: Industry Structure & Business Strategy". Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Kayany, J.M. & Yelsma, P. (1999). "Family communication patterns and the use of online media in households", First place, Open paper competition of the Research Division, Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, April 1999.
Creative Activities
World Wide Web design.
Recent designs include: WMU Phi Kappa Phi Chapter webpage, WMU School of Communication webpage (you are here)
Grants
TLT Presidential Grant, "Telecommunication networks: An interactive web-text", 1999.
My Life Outside the University
I am originally from Kerala, India. I came to the United States in 1990. My wife Gracie and I have lived in Kalamazoo since 1995. Our two sons Jamie and Tony were born here.