Too Much Screen Time for the Kids? Grandparents May Also Be Complicit
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In the age of high-tech electronics many kids spend about half their visit with grandparents watching videos or playing with apps
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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.
Competencies for Effective Leadership: A Framework for Assessment, Education, and Research
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What do leaders need to know? What must they do?
Botswana-Rutgers Leadership Summit Focused on Fostering Relationships and Leadership Goals
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Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership was actively involved in the design, coordination, and facilitation of the Botswana-Rutgers Leadership Summit, which was hosted at Rutgers in early May 2019.
Jonathan Potter Named ICA Fellow
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The International Communication Association honors SC&I’s Dean Jonathan Potter for his distinguished contributions to the field of communication and his service to education.
The NSF-Funded 2019 CSST Summer Research Institute Boosts Emerging Scholar Development in Sociotechnical Systems and Critical Informatics Research
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The NSF-funded 2019 Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) Summer Research Institute, to be held at Rutgers on June 18-22 2019, will connect late-phase doctoral students and emerging scholars with senior scholars in sociotechnical systems and critical informatics research fields, providing substantive learning and research coordination networking opportunities to advance their work.
Jonathan Potter Named Fellow of the British Psychological Society
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The society honors Potter for his significant and lasting impact on the field of psychology.
J. Sophia Fu Awarded Top Early Career Scholar Paper Award
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The D.C. Health Communication Conference has named Fu the recipient of this award for her paper that examines the ways social network sites and online health communities have opened up new possibilities for prompting health behavior change and improving health outcomes.
Four New Faculty Members To Join SC&I in September
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Warren Allen, E.E. Lawrence, Britt Paris and Gretchen Stahlman will join the faculty in SC&I’s Department of Library and Information Science (LIS) in September, 2019.
SC&I’s 2019 Scholarly Incubator Focuses on Ethics
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The SC&I scholarly incubator is held annually to provide SC&I faculty with the time and space to gather together to ponder and discuss issues related to their scholarship, teaching, and ways of being in the academia. This year, the faculty discussed ethics.
Television Programming for Children Reveals Systematic Gender Inequality, According to New Rutgers Study
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SC&I’s Dafna Lemish and her co-author Colleen Russo Johnson from Ryerson University, who found systematic gender inequality in both the television programming children watch, and behind the scenes in the male-dominated television industry as well, call attention to the children’s TV industry and encourage change.