Mysore, Dec. 19:

Dr. Sriram Kalyanaraman, a native of Mysore and currently a faculty member at the University of North Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has won the prestigious Hillier-Krieghbaum Award for 2011 conferred by the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) for “outstanding achievement and effort in research, teaching and service in journalism and mass communication” by anyone under the age of 40 years.

Dr. Kalyanaraman holds the rank of Associate Professor and Director of the Media Effects Laboratory at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

At UNC, he has an adjunct appointment in the School of Information and Library Science and is affiliated with the Interaction Design Lab.

Dr. Kalyanaraman has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Penn State University, USA.

His primary research focuses on the psychology of new technologies, particularly as they inform persuasion and attitude change in online environments. He also studies information processing of persuasive health messages, and social and marketing effects of sexual and violent media content.

Dr. Kalyanaraman is an alumnus of Nirmala Convent, St. Joseph’s High School, Mahajana College and NIE.

He is a guest faculty at Mysore’s International School of Information Management.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / General News / Monday, December 19th, 2011