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.
SC&I Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Shagun Jhaver co-authored a paper with the University of Washington researchers that aims to "design social media tools that empower users while minimizing the burden of managing their online experiences."
By Andrea Alexander, Rutgers University Communications and Marketing
Researchers examined five types of resilience behaviors that people might enact in relationships to buffer experiences of uncertainty, disruption and turmoil.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop explored the current health information environment as it pertains to public trust and behavior change. SC&I Communication faculty members Katherine Ognyanova and Itzhak Yanovitzky contributed to the workshop and the published report.
The first event of its kind held by SC&I, it provided an insightful and productive forum where faculty and students spent time together sharing their ideas, strategies, and perspectives as teachers and learners.
After examining resilience behaviors people might adopt to reduce uncertainty in their romantic relationships during Covid-19 lockdowns, new Rutgers research found that two, creating new routines and maintaining a positive outlook, had the greatest impact.
The award “recognizes outstanding collaborations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement and sustained commitment to promoting and practicing diversity, inclusion, equity, and access within the university and in partnership with the community.”
The book “Argumentation in Complex Communication,” co-authored by SC&I Associate Dean for Research Mark Aakhus, explores the ways argumentation has changed due to the “the massive spread of new media in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.”
“Many of us may think of book reading as something we do for fun, or leisure, or for required reading. But we also need to realize that books are lifelines, particularly for young people searching for answers,” said SC&I Teaching Professor Nancy Kranich.
The National Communication Association has awarded SC&I Assistant Professor of Communication Dajung (DJ) Woo for her paper that explores communication between emergency physicians and nurses.
