Month: May 2020

Spending time watching TV, hanging out with friends or scrolling through social media can be viewed as a waste of time and energy. But what if the use of this leisure time actually helps improve self-control (e.g. capacity to self-regulate behavior) and can satisfy intrinsic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness)? Since so many individuals […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Twitter Applies Trump Fact-Check Standard to Twitter Official Who Blamed Pandemic on U.S. Military” published in Newsweek on May 28. The article features Twitter’s addition of a fact-check warning to tweets […]

Frank Waddell, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, has received the Journalism and Mass Communications Quarterly (JMCQ) 2019 Outstanding Article Award for “Can an Algorithm Reduce the Perceived Bias of News? Testing the Effect of Machine Attribution on News Readers’ Evaluations of Bias, Anthropomorphism, and Credibility.” Waddell’s research explored whether […]

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project associate director and Telecommunication associate professor, will be a panelist on “Big, If True Webinar: Science is Politics by Other Means” on May 29. The webinar episode will focus on the politicization of science and technology, looking closely at […]

From December 2007 until June 2009, the U.S. was in the middle of what came to be known as The Great Recession, the most severe economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. We asked CJC alumni who graduated in the midst of the Great Recession to share their experience during that time and […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Seattle Judge Throws Out COVID-19 ‘Hoax’ Suit Against Fox News” published in the Times of San Diego on May 27. The article features WASHLITE, a nonprofit watchdog group in Washington state, […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, was quoted in “Why Trump Can’t Claim Twitter is Violating His Free Speech” published in Adweek on May 27. The article discusses President Trump’s accusations that Twitter was interfering with the 2020 election and “stifling free speech” by […]

April Rubin, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior, is one of only five students – and the only undergraduate – selected to receive a National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Facebook Journalism Project Scholarship. The Facebook Journalism Project is committed to supporting the next generation of journalists and the $10,000 […]

By Taylor Johnson When April Rubin first applied for the NAHJ Facebook scholarship, she found out she was ineligible because of her freshman status. “Since then, I’ve been on the mailing list and just been looking out for the scholarship application to reapply,” said the rising junior at the University of Florida College of Journalism […]

Jack Barry, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Public Interest Communications post-doctoral research associate, is the author of “COVID-19 Exposes Why Access to the Internet is a Human Right” published on openglobalrights.org on May 26. In the article, Barry writes about internet access, or the lack of, during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Sharon Siegel Cohen, B.S. Telecommunication 1979, passed away April 9 from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. She was 62. Cohen had a distinguished career in broadcasting and was an award-winning executive producer at WJXT-TV, News4Jax in Jacksonville, Florida for 33 years. At WJXT, she won an Edward R. Murrow Award and several Emmy Awards […]

While anecdotally, millennials are vocal about their concern for the environment and the impact of climate change on the planet, it remains unclear as to whether they feel personally connected to the cause and what actions they are willing to take to address the crisis. And, if they are, what social media campaigns influence them […]