In his new book, Professor John Pavlik “argues that a new form of mediated communication has emerged: experiential news.” Read Pavlik’s Q&A with journalist Youran Wang of the Social Sciences in China Press.

Researchers analyze how Google, Facebook and Instagram repeatedly change boundaries between smart visibility strategies and ‘cheating the system.'

RU SURE, a campaign to eliminate dangerous drinking on campus, run by students in Professor Lea Stewart’s Advanced Health Communication class, won first place at the Rutgers Homecoming Bed Races.

SC&I Students and faculty will converge in Baltimore from Nov. 14-17 to present and discuss their research and findings in the field of communication.

NJ Spark, a social justice journalism lab that enables students to report on local underserved communities, has received additional funding from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Through her undergraduate course “The Corporate Self,” Klein, the inaugural Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies, shows how technology is leading us to advertise and monetize ourselves, and the new ways we can think about and overcome these powerful forces.

SC&I’s Mark Aakhus and Sarah Allred of the Walter Rand Institute at Rutgers Camden, CDHW-IRG’s co-PIs, have awarded 14 seed grants to Rutgers researchers who are designing innovative solutions to help communities achieve improved health and wellness outcomes for their residents.

The New Jersey Communication Association annual conference, to be hosted on March 28, 2020 by SC&I at Rutgers, is accepting early papers.

SC&I faculty members Lauren Feldman and Vivek Singh have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for their project, “Fair and Accurate Information Quality Assessment Algorithms.” They will study algorithms that are used to assess the quality of information online and share their findings widely.

Research finds that media trust is heavily influenced by the views of others – and, in the online world, negative voices are more influential.