SJMC Political Communication Project Wins Additional Grant Support
After securing a prestigious UW2020 grant of $411,000 from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Discovery Initiative in May, SJMC professors Lew Freidland, Dhavan Shah and Mike Wagner have secured additional funding for their major research …
2018 SJMC Ph.D. Grad Megan Duncan Publishes Article on Journalist Credibility Scores
https://www.poynter.org/news/how-do-news-audiences-actually-feel-about-elon-musk-style-credibility-scores
By Lindsay Palmer
War reporters in the 21stcentury deal with intensifying industrial, technological and political challenges that makes their work more and more precarious. That is the main takeaway of Lindsay Palmer’s new book Becoming the Story: War …
Kathryn McGarr wins Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize
Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kathryn McGarr, was recently selected for the Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize for her dissertation, “Gentlemen of the Press: Post World War II Foreign …
Professor Young Mie Kim Publishes Research on Groups and Targets of Divisive Issue Campaigns on Facebook
The UW-Madison research, “The Stealth Media? Groups and Targets Behind Divisive Issue Campaigns on Facebook,” conducted by Professor Young Mie Kim and her team provide valuable insight into the targeting of key voters with divisive …
Media Mentions: Professor Lew Friedland Discusses Sinclair Broadcast Group
Politico — May 8, 2018 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/08/fox-sinclair-hannity-pirro-conservatives-576212 Here and Now, Wisconsin Public Television — April 6, 2018 https://wpt.org/here-and-now/uw-professor-aftermath-sinclair Springfield Journal Register — April 4, 2018 http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180404/bernard-schoenburg-past-wics-leader-would-be-appalled-by-sinclair-message-son-says NBC Nightly News — April 2, 2018 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/tv-anchors-decrying-fake-news-puts-spotlight-on-sinclair-broadcast-group-1200738371824 NewsHour — Oct. …
Dr. Joseph N. Cappella Discusses Recommended Systems to Reaching Mass Audiences at Ivan L. Preston Research Colloquium
Dr. Joseph N. Cappella, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, discussed a route to reaching mass audiences with a tailored persuasive appeal at the Ivan L. Preston Research …
Sue Robinson Wins Morgridge Center Award
SJMC Professor Sue Robinson was awarded the Morgridge Center’s Community-based Research Award. The focus of the award is on the collaborative enterprise between academic researchers (faculty, academic staff, graduate students and professional students) and community …
SJMC Students Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jeff Tischauser Awarded Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowships
Ph.D. candidates Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jeff Tischauser were each awarded the Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship for summer 2018. The Mellon-Wisconsin competition is administered by the Graduate School and supports dissertators in the College of Letters and Science …
SJMC Students Eunji Cho, Ornella Hills, Jinha Kim Receive Global Health Institute Graduate Student Research Awards
Three SJMC Ph.D. students were selected to receive funding through the UW-Madison Global Health Institute (GIH). Eunji Cho’s Student Research Award proposal, “Protecting Children from Junk Food Online Game: Introducing Stop-and-Take-a-Break Intervention Strategy,” was selected …
Dr. William “Chip” Eveland Discusses Race and Politics at Ivan L. Preston Research Colloquium
Dr. William “Chip” Eveland, communications and political science professor at the Ohio State University discussed inter-racial politics and race-related issues at the Ivan L. Preston Research Colloquium in Madison this February. “Inter-racial Political Talk and …
SJMC Student Ornella Hills Selected as 2018 NCHD Student Research Forum Participant
Ornella Hills, Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been selected as a 2018 Eleventh Annual National Conference on Health Disparities (NCHD) Student Research Forum participant. The NCHD will take place …
2018 Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Grant Awarded to SJMC’s Ornella Hills, Robyn Baragwanath, Dhavan Shah
Two graduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ornella Hills and Robyn Baragwanath, and professor Dhavan Shah have been awarded a seed project grant through the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment for their …
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