Research News

This week at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference, being held in Lyon, France, SC&I Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Susan Keith will present her research and her new co-edited handbook will officially be launched. In addition to Keith, SC&I Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Deepa Kumar and Ph.D. student Melissa Gasparotto will also present their research.

This prestigious honor recognizes Professor of Journalism and Media Studies John V. Pavlik’s record of scholarly achievement. Pavlik is an expert on the impact of new technology on journalism, media, and society.

A new study provides insights into ways family members, friends, and other caregivers and companions can provide optimal support to loved ones who have been diagnosed with serious illnesses such as cancer during interactions with physicians and other health care providers.

Engagement with partisan or unreliable news is driven by personal content choices, rather than the content presented by online search algorithms, suggests a study published in Nature.

An Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at SC&I, Kim said her dissertation, which she earned from the University of Michigan in 2022, “examines the politics surrounding state-initiated digital health platforms that are built to manage global health crises, through the case study of two infectious disease outbreaks in South Korea: the 2015 MERS Epidemic and COVID-19.”

Researchers at Rutgers University have found a major flaw in the way that algorithms designed to detect "fake news" evaluate the credibility of online news stories. 

SC&I Assistant Professor of Communication Shawnika Hull, at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has been named a recipient of a 2023 University-wide Faculty Year-End Excellence Award.

Dr. Google is always in, but for Spanish speakers searching for health information online, the advice Google gives isn’t always helpful. Sometimes, it’s downright terrifying.

An Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Aronczyk’s research and teaching address issues related to media and political communication; media theory; critical methodologies; promotional cultures; and writing as craft and as profession.

SC&I faculty members Shawnika Hull, Sunyoung Kim, and Caitlin Petre have received tenure-track promotions, the Rutgers Board of Governors announced on April 20, 2023.