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 My essay "Facebooking Your Way Out of Tenure" appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, July 3, 2009. [online]. It is part of my regular column, "P&T Confidential." The essay (first of two parts) looks at how the vast new world of online social networks--Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, blogs, Twitter, etc.--has affected many parts of our lives, including promotion and tenure for academics. In part one I deal with how Facebook can negatively influence the way people, including those who will decide on your tenure bid, think about you. In part two, next month, I will outline tenure-friendly Facebooking activities.

My essay "Summer Schedules" appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, June 6, 2009. [online]. It is part of my regular column, "P&T Confidential." The essay looks at how academics can balance work and life over the summer.

My second week of work over--time flies! I am now a professor & Starch Faculty Fellow and director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and The University of Iowa.

Some local reports:

http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/april/040809perlmutter_director.html

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/04/09/Metro/10968.html

http://www.corridorbiznews.com/aspx/NewsDetail.aspx?ItemID=1664

And an interview by a student for his newsblog:

http://johngoodlove.blogspot.com/2009/05/interview-with-daniel-perlmutter.html

David D. Perlmutter was a guest on the Jeremy Taylor Show on 1320am (KLWN) radio in Lawrence. He spoke about Facebook and other social media.

David D. Perlmutter and Tom Johnson (Texas Tech) will be co-editors of a special issue of the academic journal Mass Communication and Society on "New Media in the 2008 Presidential Election."