Teens Are Fighting Social Media Overuse, Rutgers-New Brunswick Research Finds
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Youth ages 13-16 are leveraging social media features to find moments of intentional pause during prolonged use.
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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.
Jianing Li to Join the Communication Department Faculty in Fall 2024
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The SC&I Communication Department is pleased to welcome Jianing Li to the faculty as an assistant professor of Communication in fall 2024. Li is currently an assistant professor at the University of South Florida.
Vivek Singh Wins Best Full Paper award at the ACM Web Science Conference
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Their award-winning research tackles the problem of keeping online conversation analysis tools—like those that detect harmful language—fair and effective as online discussions evolve. The team’s approach is proactive; they predict upcoming trends and adjust the tools in advance. This ensures the tools continue to make accurate and fair decisions for everyone.
Communication Faculty and Students Present Research at the 2024 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey
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SC&I researchers presented posters focused on survivor-parent communication during survivorship care and another study examining the role of support people in prostate cancer patient-oncologist communication.
Hepburn, Potter, Wacholder to Retire
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Three SC&I faculty members, Alexa Hepburn, Jonathan Potter, and Nina Wacholder will retire effective June 30, 2024.
Kathryn Greene Named Chair of the Rutgers Institutional Review Board
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As a chair of the Rutgers IRB, Greene will work with the IRB leadership team to continue the process improvements that facilitate streamlined and ethical research for the Rutgers community.
Research on Anti-Muslim Racism is Lacking in Communication Journals, New Rutgers Study Finds
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A new Rutgers study examining how the field of communication has studied anti-Muslim racism has found research on racism towards Arabs and Muslims is lacking in communication journals.
LIS Research Committee Holds the “Rethinking the Future: People-Centered Information and Communication Practices” Symposium
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The symposium explored what it means to be engaged in people-centered practice, research, and advocacy around communication and information concerns, with a focus on practices for re-envisioning and building information and communication infrastructure.
Amy Jordan Promoted to Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
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Jordan’s studies have examined the impact of public policy mandates on the landscape of children’s television, the use of public television materials in low-income, preschool classrooms, the effect of exposure to sexual media content on adolescent sexual risk taking, and the impact of media campaigns on parent’s and children’s sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
The Computational Social Science Lab at SC&I Explores the Complexities of Human Behavior Through the Lens of Computational Methods
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Lab members are conducting cutting-edge research, contributing to the understanding of social and technological systems, as well as developing new methodological tools. Their work has both scientific and policy implications.