Scholars at the School of Communication and Information take an interdisciplinary approach to research that spans the fields of information science, library studies, communication, journalism and media studies.
Associate Professor Katherine Ognyanova and collaborators have released a new report showing which Americans have contracted the flu and COVID-19 so far during the winter of 2023-24.
Leaders of nonprofits who are overly focused on financial health may be failing to implement organizational changes needed to thrive, according to a Rutgers study.
By Greg Bruno, Rutgers University Office of Communications
User data from Google, YouTube and other online platforms can be used to predict, prevent and even mitigate loneliness, potentially lowering the risk of suicide for at-risk individuals, according to a Rutgers study.
Assistant Dean for Programs and Assessment Sharon Stoerger discusses educational uses of AI, how it is transforming student assessment, approaches educators are taking to prepare students for STEM careers, and ways institutions are embracing this new technology.
A new study by Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Lauren Feldman et al. indicates that vivid images of climate change-related flooding in news reporting can increase public engagement with climate change, whereas news stories that highlight political divides about the link between flooding and climate change can lower public engagement.
Lee, a faculty member at Korea University, is an expert in mediated communication and organizational communication network research.
Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation will develop a clearinghouse of the latest innovations in bridge safety that incorporates artificial intelligence technology.
A new study by Rutgers SC&I Associate Professor Caitlin Petre and Ph.D. Candidate Nicole Weber explores how understanding the evolution of book sellers, supermarkets, and public libraries as purveyors of public information can help inform current thinking about social media platforms.
A new study by Assistant Professor Sarah Shugars explores how the misgendering of online users in scholarly work can have significant down-stream impacts on questions of online gender disparities. For example, across their analyses Shugars et al. found that nonbinary users and others – both cisgender and transgender – who don’t perform their gender in a cis-normative way are systematically undercounted and frequently misgendered.
SC&I Professor of Communication Jennifer A. Theiss has been awarded the 2023 Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or Distinguished Service in Family Communication from the National Communication Association (NCA).
