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.
Projects created by seven MI students and graduates, who are recipients of the Beverly E. Schoen Research Fellowship, were presented at the New Jersey Association of School Librarians Conference in Atlantic City in December.
The award-winning, NSF-funded paper focused on the creation of a privacy- preserving dashboard to track COVID cases across the U.S.
Through this project, led by Library and Information Science faculty member Shagun Jhaver, he and his team will investigate how users make sense of flagging, what information they seek, and how they navigate flagging interfaces.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has included research findings by Associate Professor of Communication Shawnika Hull as an evidence-informed intervention in the PrEP [cdc.gov] and Structural Intervention [cdc.gov] chapters of the “Compendium of Evidence-Based Interventions and Best Practices for HIV Prevention.”
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.
