Carnegie Cinematheque: Screening of "They Live" Live (John Carpenter, US, 1988). This eclectic horror film attacks a culture of passive compliance with consumerism and surveillance. This screening is for eduational purposes only.

Carlo Pitocco ('07), founder and head of strategy of his own New York City-based boutique agency, GCP & Co., will share his wealth of knowledge and experience in social media marketing trends and tactics. Prior to launching GCP&Co., Carlo was a senior strategist at MRY for three years and was Interactive program manager at Ogilvy after working in Ogilvy's Associates Program his first year out of Penn State. Carlo was also co-president of Penn State's Ad Competition Team, the Nittany Group, for the Coca-Cola campaign in 2007 and a Penn State AdClub officer.

An overview of popular sites and tools for faculty members.

A panel discussion addressing the future of the $200 billion television industry features two Penn State alumni and a State College native. The panelists are Tom Hayden, executive vice president of Showtime Networks and president of Smithsonian Networks; Dan Hartman, former senior vice president of programming acquisitions for DirecTV; and Daniel Brown, who coordinates content discovery and personalization for Amazon. The event is free and open to the pubic. More info: http://news.psu.edu/story/330518/2014/10/16/arts-and-entertainment/insiders-address-future-television-oct-24-panel

Alumna Jayne Jamison, senior vice president and publiser of O, The Oprah Magazine, will participate in a free public session primarily aimed at students in advertising/public relations, or those interested in careers related to fashion journalism and the magazine industry. Jamison previously served as publisher of Seventeen and Redbook.

Jeff Knapp, the Foster LIbrarian at Penn State, presents the Communications Colloquium.

Carnegie Cinematheque: Screening of "Darwin's Nightmare" (Hubert Sauper, Belgium, 2004). This incisive and disturbing documentary uses the fisheries disaster in Africa as a lens to look at human-made environmental and social injustice. This screening is for eduational purposes only.

Alumna Shannon Furman ('03 Journ), an award-winning producer for NFL Films, will be the featured guest in a converation about communications careers, her path to success and tips for those interested in the field. The session, intended mostly for undergraduates, is free and open to the public. A three-time Emmy Award winner, Furman has worked on several NFL-related series ("A Footbal Life," "Hard Knocks," "Sound F/X") and covered several major events, including the Super Bowl (five times) and the NFL Draft.

To Tweet or not to Tweet. That is the question for some Pennsylvania legislators who want to stay in touch with their constituencies. But when does promoting governance edge into promoting re-election? How do state legislators and their pubic relations staff members use the tools of social media in both an effective and ethical way? What are the rules of the road? The Pennsylvania legislature is currently asking this question and developing ethics guidelines for the next generation of political communication in the state. Taking the lead is Erik Arneson, communications and policy director for State Sen. Dominic Pileggi, and watching closely is Brittany Foster, a political communications expert with Triad Strategies in Harrisburg. They will provide an update and discuss the issues.

MARC USA's recruiting consultants, Rob Throckmorton and Molly Daniels ('08), will make their annual pilgrimage to Penn State to discuss MARC USA's internship and career opportunities and show a reel of the agency's best creative work. While on campus, they will be interviewing students for possible future internship and full-time career opportunities during the day on Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21. Interviews will be scheduled through the Office of Internships and Career Placement in the College of Communications. Students should check their CareerAdviser emails for how to submit applications.