January 2023 - News Articles

A core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute as well as SC&I, Rivera investigates how social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp may influence Latinos’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and, ultimately, their health.

The conference explores methods to articulate critical interconnections between crises and forms of resistance.

These new findings “will exclusively benefit a diverse range of audiences, who are typically underserved by the mainstream media,” wrote study co-author SC&I Assistant Professor Kiran Garimella and his colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin.

SC&I faculty members Britt Paris, Rebecca Reynolds, and Gina Marcello Ph.D.’08, MCM’95, COM’93 have developed a new cutting-edge curriculum for teaching about dis- and misinformation and developing cultural literacy among Rutgers undergraduates.

Born and bred in New Jersey, Joe Brecht left the state to earn a BA in Political Communication at The George Washington University. He returned home to pursue his graduate studies at Rutgers, earning his Master of Communication and Media (MCM) degree. Joe kindly shares his educational experiences and outcomes with us.

I learned much from this program and took away valuable information to add to my arsenal with each class. What I especially appreciated was the ability to apply aspects of my current role to the assignments directly, so not only was I able to gain more knowledge, but I had something I could immediately use at work.

SC&I faculty members Kristina Scharp and Dajung (DJ) Woo have been recognized by the journal Communication Education.