We are pleased to announce the Center for Health and Risk Communication's Fall 2017 Distinguished Speaker - Dr. James P. Dillard, Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State University. Dr. Dillard's talk is entitled:
"Alarm Calls in Homo Sapiens: A New Theory of Warning Messages"
The talk is scheduled on November 3rd, 2017 (Friday) from noon to 1:00pm in Skinner 0200.
About Dr. Dillard:
"James Price Dillard is a Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State University. He is a former Editor of Human Communication Research and co-editor of The Persuasion Handbook (with M. Pfau and L. Shen), a Fellow of the International Communication Association and the recipient of the first John E. Hunter Award for Meta-Analysis. Dillard’s scholarly interests focus on how communication produces change in the opinions and behaviors of others with special emphasis on the role of emotion. The Alarm Call Theory considers how warning messages induce fear and how the dynamic properties of that emotion produce persuasion."
Look forward to seeing you at the event! FYI, if you missed a previous talk given by a CHRC Distinguished Speaker, you can view the recorded talk on our website at healthriskcenter.umd.edu.
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