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The SUSI summer institute is funded by the U.S.
Department of State’s Study of the U.S. Branch Institute for International Journalism
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“Celebrating a Knowledge Based Global Community”
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Scholars learned about contemporary global
health communication research from Dr.
Petya Eckler via skype from Glasgow, UK and
Dr. Parul Jain, a health communication re-
searcher at Ohio University. The discussion
centered around media and health coverage.
Scholars were asked to brainstorm about the
ongoing media coverage of health issues in
their countries. Scholars shared some com-
mon concerns related to health coverage by
stating that media coverage is biased toward
dramatic accidents instead of ongoing major
diseases that effect the life and well being of
people. Scholar from Malawi tackled one of
his concerns in this regard. He informed that
overpopulation is a big problem in Malawi.
Health campaigns push contraception but
for a lot of people it conflicts with religion.
Dr. Jain showed 2 videos with safe sex
messages and further explained that she
found messages with testimonial more ef-
fective than impersonal numbers influenc-
ing safe sex attitude and intention. Follow-
ing the very insightful and engaging dis-
cussions, Ukrainian scholar presented
about health campaigns in her country.
She stated that in Ukraine both health
system and media focus more on treat-
ment and hospitalization rather than pre-
vention. In nutshell, these sessions provid-
ed scholars with an overview about the
global health communication research and
practices.
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After a long day of classes, scholars were invited to a beautiful farm
in Coolville, Ohio. Scholars tried the southern and Cajun delicacies. They were also fascinat-ed with baseball as well as football and volleyball. As July 17th coincided with Islamic Fest (Eid al Fitr), the fest was later celebrated that evening. Irfan Muhammad and Uma Shankar
Pandey, Pakistani and Indian scholars talked about the value of Eid for Muslim and per-formed “Eid Greeting/Hug” to show other scholars how it is practiced among Muslims.
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On Saturday, July 18th 2015, scholars visited Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park and Tecumseh Drama Outdoor Performance to learn more about the Native Ameri-
can and their history in the United States. This park is a United States national herit-
age with earthworks and burial mounds from the Hopewell culture, indigenous peoples.
Tecumseh Drama showcases Tecumseh who was a Native American leader of
the Shawnee. Unfortunately, due to heavy rain and thunderstorm Tecumseh perfor-
mance was cancelled for the day. However, scholars visited the museum and the
Hopewell Culture National Historic Park, where they learned about Native American
from tour guides.
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We do not miss a single opportunity when something can bring smile to
our scholars faces or sharing their happiness, especially when it comes
to celebrating their big day. SUSI Program along with scholars celebrated
Trung Chi Bui’s, Vietnamese scholar, birthday.
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Scholars learned about post-2015 Internation-
al Development Agenda and Communication
for Development from Vibert Cambridge. Dr.
Cambridge first reviewed the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) including education,
gender equality, water, food security, energy,
etc. Later, he explained that the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) did not work be-
cause it failed to address the root causes of
poverty, human rights and economic develop-
ment. Following Dr. Cambridge lecture, schol-
ars from Malawi and Botswana presented on
the uses of communication for development in
their countries. Motswana scholar presented
on how the radio is used as a useful means of
communication for development in Botswana.
Malawi scholar, presented on development
challenges in his country stating that cultural
and religious beliefs often pose challenges to
development.
Scholars also learned about media eco-
nomics in the United Stated from Hugh
Martin, co-editor Media Economics Jour-
nal. After the lecture, Greek scholar pre-
sented on media economics highlighting
the significance of entrepreneurship in
digital journalism in Greece.
Dan Farkas, Instructor of Strategic Com-
munication at Ohio University, lectured
on growth of PR field and its role on
journalism. The discussions on commu-
nication for development was very en-
gaging. The scholars raised many ques-
tions and discussed the development op-
portunities and challenges in their home
countries.
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Dr. Scott Titsworth, the Dean of Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University
hosted an indoor cookout for SUSI scholars. After meet and greet, he talked to schol-
ars about international programs in Scripps College of Communication. Scholars also
shared their research interest with the Dean.
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After a week of intensive discussions on
Global Health Communication, Commu-
nication for Development, Peace Jour-
nalism, Conflict Resolution and Leader-
ship, scholars were divided into several
groups to conduct a case study and
solve a global issue and present it to the
class as part of their conflict resolutions
assignment. This assignment was par-
ticularly designed to train scholars in
four ways: first, the problem solving pro-
cess; second, the decision making pro-
cess; third, leadership; fourth, team-
work. As expected, scholars have done a
great job working and coming up with
practical solutions for some conflicts
around the world. They also had a
chance to learn from other scholars'
comments and feedbacks at the end of
each presentation.
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