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Huan Chen and Haoran “Chris” Chu receive prestigious 2026 Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grants

Tuesday April 7, 2026

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) faculty members are the recipients of 2026 Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grants. The Page Center selected only 11 projects out …

Haoran “Chris” Chu, Linjuan Rita Men and Yuan Sun Receive Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grant

Friday April 4, 2025

Three University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) faculty are recipients of a 2025 Arthur W. Page Center Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar grant. UFCJC Public Relations Assistant Professor Haoran “Chris” Chu  and Professor Linjuan …

Chris Chu Co-Authors Article on AI-Generated vs. Human-Written Stories

Friday October 25, 2024

Haoran “Chris” Chu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations assistant professor, is the co-author of “Your Next Favorite Story Won’t Be Written by AI – But it Could Be Someday” published in The …

People Hate Stories They Think Were Written by AI. Even if People Wrote Them

Friday October 25, 2024

Stories written by the latest version of ChatGPT were nearly as good as those written by human authors, according to new research on AI’s narrative skills. But when people were told a story was written by AI — whether the true author was an algorithm or a person — they rated the story poorly, a sign that people distrust and dislike AI-generated art.

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Study: News Media Use Can Impact Perceived Psychological Distance to COVID-19

Wednesday September 6, 2023

A new study has found that conservative media use is associated with greater perceived distance to COVID-19, while less partisan news use is associated with a smaller perceived distance. The findings by Jay Hmielowski, University of Florida College of …

Chris Chu Co-Authors Research Papers on Deepfake Narratives, Vaccine Communication and Risk Efficacy

Friday September 1, 2023

Haoran Chris Chu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations assistant professor, and colleagues have recently published research on deepfake resurrection narratives, vaccine communication and risk efficacy. Chu and …

UFCJC Faculty, Doctoral Student and Alumna Receive 2023 Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Research Grants

Thursday April 20, 2023

Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, Won-Ki Moon, Advertising assistant professor, and Haoran “Chris” Chu, Public Relations …

Haoran “Chris” Chu Will Join CJC Public Relations Department in Fall 2021

Wednesday June 9, 2021

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Dr. Haoran “Chris” Chu will join the College as assistant professor in the Department of Public Relations starting in fall 2021. Chu most recently was an assistant …