How Communication Technologies Impact Relationships . Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! . Date: 2/19/2015 Time: 7:00 PM 221 S. Quarterline Road Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: 2317770626 Event Description: An MSU assistant professor of media and information will present “What did you expect? How communication technologies are affecting individuals and relationships” at Muskegon Community College on Thursday, Feb. 19. The talk, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100. The event is part of the ongoing MCC Lecture Series. A social media expert, Kayla D. Hales Ph.D., will share the findings of her interdisciplinary research aimed at determining how information and communication technologies can be used to improve social welfare and quality of life. Her focus is on romantic relationships and black families. Hales earned her doctoral degree from the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State in 2011. Her dissertation, titled “YOU, ME, and IT: Multimedia Relationship Maintenance in the 21st Century,” focused on behaviors individuals enact during computer-mediated communication to maintain their non-platonic relationships. ““Thanks to computers, the internet, and cell phones live our lives very differently than in the past,” said Andy Wible, chair of the Arts and Humanities Department and coordinator of the Lecture Series at MCC. “I look forward to hearing whether we are different persons as a result.” For more information, contact Wible at (231) 777-0626 Directions: Muskegon Community College Need more information? If you need more information about this event, please complete the fields below: Your Email Address: Please enter email address Your Name: Question / Comment: For general inquiries email us at: mlcc@muskegon.org REGISTER EVENT SPONSORS LINKS Event Location Map Current Weather SET A REMINDER Your Email Address Remind me 1 2 3 4 5 day(s) prior to the event date.