Dervin, B. and Schaefer, D. (2001). Beyond rhetorical and representational dialogue. Peace & Policy, 6, 29-33.  (abstract)

Dervin, B. and Schaefer, D. (2003). Peopling the public sphere. In Dervin, B., Forman-Wernet, L., and Lauterback, E. (Eds.), Sense-Making methodology reader: Selected writings of Brenda Dervin. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.  pp. 341-347.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (2005). Tales of transitions: The dialectics of change in Indian film and television. Asian Journal of Communication, 15(3), 345-349.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (2007). Film.  In Coulter, M., Krason, S., Myers, R., and Varacalli, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Catholic social thought, social science, and social policy, Vol. 1.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow Press.  pp. 426-427. (abstract)


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Schaefer, D. and Atkin, D. (1990). An analysis of policy options for high-definition television. A paper presented to the Communication and Technology Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August, 1990, Minneapolis, MN.

Schaefer, D. (1993). Moral rights, new technology, and motion pictures: a dualistic policy proposal. A paper presented to the Communication and Technology Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August, 1993, Kansas City, MO.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (1995a). Adult critical viewing skills in the information age: An exploratory study. Paper presented at Finding Our Way '95: Planning, Using, Assessing Distance Education: A Symposium presented by the Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 23, 1995.

Schaefer, (1995b). The Impact of hypermedia networks on higher education: Policy- making in the information age. Paper presented at Finding Our Way '95: Planning, Using, Assessing Distance Education: A Symposium presented by the Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 23, 1995.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (1995c). Adult critical viewing skills in a global media environment:  Implications for the information age. Paper presented at the conference "Intercultural Communications: The Last 25 Years and the Next," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, July 13-15, 1995.

Schaefer, D. (1996a). CU-SeeMe and rational-critical discourse: The potential for an electronic public sphere. Paper presented at Finding Our Way '96. Technology and Education -- Extending Frontiers of Learning Through Co-development. Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 20-21, 1996.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (1996b). Communicating in cyberspace: Internet users and a Canadian publication ban. Paper presented at the conference "Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 11-13, 1996.

Schaefer, D. (1996c). Mastering the electronic text. Presenter and panel member for for a workshop on the impact of new technologies on media, Jefferson Community College, Steubenville, OH, October, 1996.


Schaefer, D. (1997). The rhetoric of CU-SeeMe: The potential for a global public sphere. Paper presented at the conference Communication, Technology and Cultural Values, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 10-13, 1997.

Schaefer, D. (1998). Panelist for Information Designers and the Deeper Issues: Ethics, Accountability and Bringing up the Next Generation. Vision Plus 4: the Republic of Information, March 26-29, 1998. School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dervin, B. and Schaefer, D. (1998). Toward the communicative design of information design:  A call for considering the communicating implied in the mandate for information design.  For panel on: Information designers and the deeper issues: Ethics, accountability and bringing up the next generation. At: Vision Plus 4: The Republic of Information: An International Symposium on Design for Global Communication, Carnegie-Mellon University, University Center, Pittsburgh, PA, March 26 through March 29, 1998. Co-sponsored by the School of Design at Carnegie-Mellon University and the International Institute for Information Design, Vienna, Austria.

Schaefer, D. (1998). Sense-making design for web sites. Presentation to the Working Workshop on Sense-Making and Communication Design, Columbus, OH, August 1, 1998.

Schaefer, D. (1999). Sense-making design for web sites : Cyber-possibilities for an electronic public sphere. Paper presented at the session "Methodology between the cracks: Sense-Making as exemplar," International Communication Association 49th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 27th,1999.

Schaefer, D. (1999). Web design that works: Basic principles everyone should know. Lecture presented to the Library Association of Singapore, Singapore, August 17, 1999.

Schaefer, D. (2000). Rethinking Electronic Public Spheres: Beyond Consensus/Dissensus. Paper presented at the conference "Social Justice, Peace, and International Conflict Resolution: Civic Discourse beyond the Millennium," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 20-22, 2000. Winner of the "Millennium Outstanding Paper Award" at the 2000 RIT conference.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (2001). Dynamics of electronic public spheres: Verbing online participation. (Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.).  (abstract)

Dervin, B., Forman-Wernet, L., Jansen, S., Schaefer, D., and Shields, P. (2001). Freedom is another word for nothing left to lose: On the inextricable necessity of theorizing<---->philosophizing in disciplining communication policy/practice. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C, May 24-28, 2001.

Schaefer, D. and Dervin, B. (2001). Dialoguing in electronic public spheres: Reconceptualizing participation as verbing micro-practices. Paper presented at the sixth annual Rochester Intercultural Conference "The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 19-21, 2001.

Schaefer, D. (2001). Reflections: The Intercultural Implications of New Media, Computer and Digital Mediated Communication, Invited plenary panel presentation at the sixth annual Rochester Intercultural Conference "The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 19-21, 2001.

Schaefer, D. and Dervin, B. (2003). The constitution and distortion of electronic public spheres: A conceptual and empirical rethinking of online communication outcomes as verbing micropractices. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA, May 23- 27, 2003. (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (2003). Pedagogical web sites, theory, and practices: the intersection of Sense-Making methodology and online discussion groups. Paper presented at the session "A Sense-Making methodology primer: What is methodological about sense-making?," International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003.

Schaefer, D. (2004). Indian cinema and the dialectics of globalization. Guest Lecture presented to CS 423, Film in Asia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Oct. 13, 2004.

Schaefer, D. (2004). Online public spheres and verbing dynamics First steps. Public seminar presented October 20, 2004 at the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Schaefer, D. (2005). An exposition on Indian cinema: Ten films you ought to see....and why. Public lecture presented for the Fulbright Association of Singapore, MegaMedia, Victoria Street, Singapore, Jan. 7, 2005.

Schaefer, D. (2005). An epic love story for all ages: Mughal-e-Azam (1960). CS 217 Friday presentation, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Feb. 18, 2005.

Schaefer, D. (2005). Spectacle, Tradition, and Modernity in Popular Indian Film. Public lecture sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Singapore, May 14, 2005.

Schaefer, D.  (2005).  Media literacy and Singapore:  Lessons from the Asian context.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 28^th, 2005.

Schaefer, D. and Dervin, B.  (2005).  Online discussion groups, situation movement states, and dialogic quality:  The potential for democratic electronic public spheres.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 28^th, 2005.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D.  (2005).  Hindi cinema, structuration, and the dialectics of globalization.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Social Theory Consortium, National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 9-11, 2005.

Schaefer, D.  (2005).  The limits of globalization:  Fulbright, culture, and the art of living in southeast Asia 2004-2005.  Public lecture presented at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, October 7, 2005.

Schaefer, D.  (2005).  Indian cinema and the tensions of globalization.  Public lecture presented at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, October 27, 2005.

Schaefer, D.  (2006).  Films and lifeworlds:  Some thoughts on the relation of religion and popular narrative film.  Public lecture presented at the conference Media and Faith, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, April 1st, 2006.

Schaefer, D.  (2006).  Popular Indian cinema, structural fault lines, and dialectics of control:  Setting the agenda for Hindi film research in the era of globalization.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Dresden, Germany, June 20, 2006. (abstract)

Schaefer, D. (2007). Using Sense-Making in online discussions to facilitate southeast Asian student readings of Indian Cinema. Paper presented at the symposium "Making communication studies matter: Field relevance/ irrelevance to media, library, electronic, communication system designs, policies, practices," International Communication Association Annual Meeting, May 24, San Francisco.

Phang, A. and Schaefer, D.  (2007).  Is Ignorance Bliss?  Assessing Singaporean Media Literacy Awareness in the Era of Globalisation.  Paper presented at the 16^th Annual Asian Media and Information Centre (AMIC) Conference “Media Education and Development: The Quest for New Paradigms”, Singapore, June 25-28, 2007.  (abstract)

Schaefer, D.  (2008).  Web 2.0:  Digital modularity and the creation of effective global dialogue.  Lecture presented at the 2nd Media and Faith Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, April 4-5, 2008.  (powerpoint version; download .pdf).

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K.  (2008). Bollywood cinema at the crossroads:  Tracking the dialectics of globalization in postcolonial Indian cinema. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, May 26, Montréal, Canada. (abstract)

Phang, A. and Schaefer, D.  (2008).  Media literacy in Singapore:  Assessing student awareness in the age of globalisation.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, May 25, Montréal, Canada. (abstract)

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