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Professor Kucia Speaks on Impact of Social Media on Relationships


Mignon Kucia

Every second of every day, millions of people check the latest on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and other social media. It’s practically addictive for cell phone users, both young and old.

Social media in the 21st Century delivers non-stop news, reveals what’s happening in the business world, impacts America’s 2016 presidential elections and does much more. Social media’s impact on communications with one another remains enormous as well.

On October 20, Mississippi College communication professor Mignon Kucia will focus on the impact social media is having on interpersonal relationships.

The Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year at MC, Kucia will address the topic on the Clinton campus as part of a fall lecture series. Open to the university community and the public, the program is booked at the Jean Pittman Williams Recital Hall Auditorium in Aven Fine Arts Building. The lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. It’s free.

Before the stimulating evening is over, audience members should learn a great deal more about the subject. Social media continues to touch a growing segment of our universe.

More than 90 percent of young people and over two-thirds of adults use social media these days, according to Pew research. Relying so much on social media, many people, especially the young, view old-fashioned telephone calls as far too risky, Kucia noted.

Social media eliminates much face-to-face interaction. That can both help and hurt interpersonal relationships, Kucia says.

Social media will be one of the tools to help get the word out to MC students, faculty and staff about her lecture on the Clinton campus.

Kucia earned her doctorate in mass communication at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2011. A Magnolia native, she received her bachelor’s at USM in 1987, and her master’s at Mississippi College in 2001.

A Clinton resident, Mignon and her husband, Gerald, are the parents of one son, Jay, an MC senior. The family attends Parkway Baptist Church in Clinton. Mignon stays busy every weekend teaching junior high girls in Sunday School. Her interests range from reading suspense novels to traveling and sipping cups of coffee.

Professor Kucia loves serving as an instructor in the Communication Department. She enjoys preparing college students for the real world.

“I am blessed to be in a place where I can make a living while trying to live out my faith,” Kucia says. “It’s an opportunity to share God’s love on a daily basis. I don’t take that for granted.”

For more information, contact Mignon Kucia at 601-925-3899 or Kucia@mc.edu