Month: November 2023

Seungahn Nah, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director for the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), is the editor of  the Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence and Communication. The Handbook is a collection of studies from more than 50 leading […]

McClatchy’s Virtual News Career Fair Time: 1-5 PM EST Dates: December 13, 14 and 15, 2023. Are you a professional journalist looking to ring in the new year with your next big career move? McClatchy is hiring! Breaking News Reporters | Education Reporters | Political Editors | Senior Editors, Opinion Writers | Service Journalism Reporters  […]

By Aurora Martínez, Journalism senior It “takes a community” to produce the University of Florida’s annual Homecoming Parade in Gainesville, Florida, held each Friday on homecoming weekend. While hundreds of people watched and cheered for the parade floats passing by 13th Street and University Avenue on Oct. 6, a team of UF College of Journalism […]

Four University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) faculty and two doctoral students are included in the Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Communication edited by Seungahn Nah, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director of the UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology. The book is scheduled to […]

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor and director of consumer media research, recently  presented insights on the Sustainable Media Management (SuMM) project at the Sustainable Media & Brand Management Symposium hosted by the IU International University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany, on Nov. […]

A new study has found that political fandom moderates the effects of partisanship on biased information seeking and sharing. The findings by Won-Ki Moon, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and Soobyn Lee from Incheon National University in Korea are featured in “Who Seeks and Shares Misinformation About Politicians? Focusing […]

“Americanish,” the award-winning romantic comedy directed by Iman Zawahry, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology lecturer and one of the first hijabi American-Muslim filmmakers, was included in Entertainment Weekly’s “What to Watch” list published on Nov. 15. The film is now available via video-on-demand on services like Apple […]

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, is author of “Design + Power:  Policy for Ecology of Influence,” a chapter in the Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Communication edited by Seungahn Nah, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director of the […]

Florida TaxWatch, the Florida Council of 100 and the state of Florida have announced that University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Division of Media Properties Executive Director Randy Wright, Chief Meteorologist and Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) Director Jeff George, and Senior Multimedia Meteorologist Megan Borowski are the recipients of a […]

Celeste Wagner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, is the recipient of a 2023 National Communications Association (NCA) Gerald R. Miller Doctoral Dissertation Award, the NCA Political Communications Division Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation Award and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Best Dissertation and/or Master’s Thesis Award. Wagner defended […]

Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, and UFCJC Journalism Assistant Professor Celeste Wagner are the recipients of the College’s 2023 International Educator of the Year Senior Faculty and Junior Faculty awards, respectively. The awards presented at the UF International Center […]

Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology (CTMT), and Kendall Moe, CTMT senior project manager, are the co-authors of “Choose Your Words Wisely: The Role of Language in Media Trust” published in the InContext newsletter by Digital Content Next on Nov. 16. In the article, the authors examine how […]