Professor

Department of Communication Studies
New Mexico State University
 



 
SOME WHITE PAPERS 
The Need to Move Closer to Rational Political Discourse
Understanding New Media Networking (NMN)
The Communication Problems of President Obama
A Primer for Understanding Strategic Political Communication
Information Operations, Intelligence, and Political Communication 

 
SOME PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS
NEW BOOK IN PROGRESS: DEMOCRACY IN A NEWORK SOCIETY
Hacker, K., Morgan, E., Mason, S. (2009). Digital disempowerment in a network society.  Book chapter in E-Clolloboration edited by Ned Kock.
Hacker, K.(2008). Candidate Images. Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Sage Publications. 
Hacker, K.(2008) Political Images. International Encyclopedia of Communication. Blackwell. 
Morgan, E., and Hacker, K. (2007). Boundaries in Genetic Discourse: Racial and Ethnic Self-Identification, Communication Research Reports, 24,1-7. PDF
2006 Conference Paper:  Hacker, K., Coombs, M., Weaver, C., & McCulloh, G. (2006). Possible Uses of Blogs and Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) for Depolarizing Political Discourse. Paper presented to the Communication and Technology division (debate  panel), Dresden, Germany, June, 2006. 
Book Chapter. Hacker, K, Mason, S. and Morgan, E. (in press).Digital disempowerment.InEmmaRooksby (Ed.) Information Technology and Social Justice,  Idea Group, Inc. Release expected December, 2005.
2005 Conference Paper:  Morgan, E., & Hacker, K. (2005).  Boundaries in genetic research: Toward a dialogic interactive bioethics. Paper presented to the theme session of the International Communication Association, New York City, May.
2004 Article Abstract: The Potential of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) for Political Structuration. Javnost/The Public, 11, 5-26.
2003 Article: Hacker, K,.  Mason, S. . "Ethical gaps in studies of the digital divide". Ethics and Information Technology 5 (2003): 99-115. Reprint available upon request. 
2003 Full Article: The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon Special Issue: Remapping the Digital Divide. The Information Society. Authors: Jan van Dijk and Kenneth L. Hacker.
2003 Full Article: Applying Communication Theory to Digital Divide Research. IT and Society.Authors: Shana Mason and Kenneth Hacker. Reprint upon request.
2002  Article:  Network Democracy and the Fourth World. Communications.  Author: Kenneth L. Hacker. Reprint upon request.
2001 Article: Hacker, Kenneth L.; Steiner, Robert. Hurdles of Access and Benefits of Usage for Internet CommunicationCommunication Research Reports,  Vol. 18 Issue 4, p399-407. 
2002 article. Hacker, Kenneth L.; Steiner, Robert. The Digital Divide for Hispanic Americans. Howard Journal of Communications, Oct-Dec2002, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p267-283. 
2002 Full Paper: Network Democracy, Political Will, and the Fourth World. EURICOM, TheNetherlands. Author: Kenneth L. Hacker
2000 ICA Paper Abstract:  The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon.  Authors: Jan van Dijk and Kenneth L. Hacker. 
2000 Article: Hacker, Kenneth L., et al. (2000). "Components of Candidate Images: Statistical Analysis of the Issue-Persona Dichotomy in the Presidential Campaign of 1996." Communication Monographs 67.3. 
Hacker, Kenneth L.; Goss, Blaine; Townley, Charles; Horton, Valerie J.. Management Communication Quarterly, Feb98, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p422, 31p. 
1998 ICA Paper Abstract:  Components of Candidate Images: Further Statistical Analysis of the Issue-persona Dichotomy in the Presidential Campaign of 1996.  Authors: Kenneth Hacker, Walter Zakahi, Maury Giles. 
1996 SCA Paper Abstract: Virtual Democracy and Computer-Mediated Political Communication (CMPC): The Role of the Clinton White House in Facilitating Electronic Democratization and Political Interactivity. Author: Dr. K. Hacker. 
1994 Top Three WSCA Paper Abstract: Reconsidering the Issue-Image Dichotomy: A Statistical Test of Key Candidate Image Construct Assumptions. Authors: K. Hacker & W. Zakahi. 
 
 

Here is a new site linked from here regarding presidential candidate images of 2008.
 

OCTOBER  24, 2006   STRATEGIC  COMMUNICATION AND TERRORISM  TALK NOTES
 
MTV News interview included in this article about the Digital Divide.
 
 

Some of my favorite links are:

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

CNN INTERACTIVE NEWS

NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

THE WHITE HOUSE

CONTROL SYSTEMS GROUP

The Center of the Web


page modified August 7, 2010 

 
 
 
 

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