Li was recently awarded the Social Data Dissertation Fellowship from the SSRC in order to study how citizens can form healthy skepticism toward information they encounter on social media.
Research
New Fact-Checking Projects Focus on Combatting COVID-19 Misinformation
With information about COVID-19 rapidly circulating online, it can be difficult to determine what’s true and what’s not. SJMC faculty and students are working on several projects to combat misinformation.
SJMC Graduate Students and Faculty to Participate in AEJMC Virtual Conference
Graduate students and faculty will be active throughout the AEJMC virtual conference, by presenting research, acting as panelists and moderators in group discussions, and more.
Three SJMC Graduate Students Win Holtz Center Fellowships
The Holtz Center offers fellowships for graduate students with research interests in the field of science and technology studies. The 2020-2022 cohort includes four fellows, three of whom are SJMC graduate students.
Q&A with Sijia Yang
Q&A with Sijia Yang, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Hometown: Tongxiang, China Educational background: Ph.D. in communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania How did you get into your …
Professor Sue Robinson Wins Award for 2018 Book
This summer, Professor Sue Robinson, the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism, received the 2019 Tankard Book Award for outstanding research in journalism. Her book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Public …
Dhavan Shah Wins Grant to Fight Opioid Addiction
New app in development aims to stop opioid relapses before they happen Researchers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison have received a $3.42 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a mobile …
SJMC Graduate Student Josephine Lukito Discusses Research Project on CNN
Lukito’s article “Most Major News Outlets Have Used Russian Tweets as Sources for Partisan Opinion: Study” in Columbia Journalism Review was cited in the Mueller Report.
Professor Sue Robinson Wins the 2019 Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor Sue Robinson will receive the 2019 Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at its August meeting in Toronto. The award is given to work that breaks new …
SJMC Team Receives Funding to Study Civic Renewal
Researchers in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received $1 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the Center for Communication and Civic …