Month: August 2015

Associate Professor Cynthia Morton and doctoral student Sun-Young Park’s article on “The Role of Regulatory Focus, Social Distance, and Involvement in Anti-High-Risk Drinking Advertising: A Construal-Level Theory Perspective” was published in the Journal of Advertising. Abstract The present study examines the effects of regulatory focus, social distance, and involvement interplay on responses to anti-high-risk advertising […]

U.S. News & World Report quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the August 17, 2015 story, “Calling Police ‘Pigs’ Lands Teen in Jail,” regarding the case of a Tennessee teenager arrested after opening the door of a moving car and yelling “pigs” at police.

Advertising Professor Jon Morris and CJC doctoral students Ilyoung Ju and Naa Amponsah Dodoo published an article in the Journal of Marketing Communications on “The influence of life satisfaction on nostalgic advertising and attitude toward a brand.” Jong Woo Jun, associate professor in the School of Communications, Dankook University, South Korea, is also a co-author […]

Professor of Journalism Wayne Wanta recently received the title of honorary professor from the School of Journalism and Media Communication at Shaanxi Normal University in China. Dr. Wanta was recognized for his exemplary scholarship, engaged teaching and friendship to the Shaanxi Normal University community. Wanta has traveled to 47 countries including eight trips to China […]

UF College of Journalism and Communications faculty and graduate student researchers were involved in 49 presentations, including seven award-winning papers, at the AEJMC annual conference held August 6-9, 2015 in San Francisco. Learn more →