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.
A significant minority of Americans lack confidence in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election with more than one-third – primarily Republicans and Trump voters – not believing that the election results were fair, according to a nationwide survey by researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern universities.
The mission of journalism, Professor John Pavlik says, is the pursuit of truth and thereby hold the powerful accountable for their actions in every civil society. In a newly published paper Pavlik outlines ten core principles journalism educators and practitioners can follow to ensure success in the rapidly changing media industry.
Two Information Technology and Informatics students and one ITI alumnus are helping to bring an innovative COVID-19 detection app, with an underlying operating system designed to maintain both the user’s privacy and data ownership, to market.
A new study finds Americans are following social distancing guidelines less than they did in April.
In his keynote, delivered to over 100 Major League Baseball executives and 30 teams, SC&I faculty member Mark Beal told the audience: reaching Generation Z means “prioritizing purpose over profit and engagement over marketing.”
Nearly half of Americans ages 18-24 describe at least moderate symptoms of depression.
In a keynote address delivered during the Rutgers Residence Hall Association’s Leadership Development Day, SC&I faculty member Mark Beal provided students with insights into their own generation, in order to help them succeed as leaders and advisors.
One of only four Ph.D. students selected for this honor from across all of Rutgers University, the award honors Wang for her overall record as an academic, including her dissertation, publications, teaching, and other academic achievements.
In new research, Dafna Lemish and her co-author explore the ways parents, locked down at home managing their children and careers during the pandemic, post and share humor on social media as a way to relieve stress and mitigate their feelings of anxiety, and how their posts reveal much about 21st century society.
The researchers, including Assistant Professor Katherine Ognyanova, polled participants on which issues are, or will be, on their minds as they enter the voting booth on or before Nov. 3.
