Month: August 2015

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has named Randy Bennett to the new position of Executive Director of External Relations.  Randy was formerly the College’s director of entrepreneurship and partnerships. In this new role, he will combine his previous responsibilities of pursuing collaboration opportunities for the college with overall communication strategies to […]

Florida residents and visitors have a new resource to help them prepare for destructive storms and other emergencies. The Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) today launched Florida Storms, a free, mobile weather application that offers a simple way to stay informed of potential weather and other hazards, backed by real-time credible information from the […]

Inside Higher Ed on August 28, 2105 published, “Tips for New Teaching Assistants,” an article by Journalism Professor Julie Dodd based on her presentation at UF’s Orientation for New Teaching Assistants.

Journalism professor Wayne Wanta is presented with a plaque commemorating his Anniversary Lecture at Dhaka University in Bangladesh. The Anniversary Lecture highlighted activities celebrating 50-plus years of instruction in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism. Pictured with Wanta, from left: Mofizur Rhaman, chair of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism; Arefin Siddique, Vice […]

CJC’s 2015 Bateman Team won the Florida Public Relations Association Award of Distinction in the Student Projects in Public Relations Division Public Relations Campaign category for their “Imagine…a Place Called Home” project. The team won second place in the Public Relations Student Society of America national competition for the same project. The Bateman team includes […]

Clay Calvert, professor of journalism and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, published an article in the Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest titled Content-based Confusion and Panhandling: Muddling a Weathered First Amendment Doctrine Takes its Toll on Society’s […]

Joining CJC’s roster of graduate classes this fall is a new course on fundraising tactics, MMC 6936 (02EE)—Fundraising Communication Fundamentals (syllabus). The 2015 fall class is held Tuesdays, Periods 9 to 11, and is open to all current graduate students. The course is organized into four modules of four weeks each covering different types of […]

Journalism Professor Julie Dodd made a presentation on “Your Syllabus and the First Week of Class” at UF’s Orientation for New Teaching Assistants. Four hundred new teaching assistants attended the orientation, sponsored by the Graduate Division and the UF Teaching Center.​

Professor Emeritus Hank Conner is hosting his last radio call-in show, Conner Calling, on WUFT-FM on August 21, 2015. The Gainesville Sun features the occasion in the August 20, 2015 article, “Now 76, Hank Conner airs his last ‘Conner Calling’ show Friday.”

Professor of Public Relations Linda Hon and doctoral students Jungyun Won and Ah Ram Lee have won PRSA’s 2015 Top Faculty Research paper for their research on factors that influence individuals’ decisions to participate and remain engaged in online social issue campaigns. Abstract “The Role of Situational Awareness and Participation Benefits on Motivating Publics’ Online […]

Assistant Professor of Telecommunication Yu-Hao Lee and colleagues from Oklahoma University and University of California-Santa Barbara, have been awarded $549,061 from National Science Foundation Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies program. The two-year project will design and test a digital game to overcome reactance in training and teach professionals (especially law officials) how to overcome bias […]

Professor of Public Relations Linda Hon’s article on Digital Social Advocacy in the Justice for Trayvon Campaign was published in the August 2015 issue of the Journal of Public Relations Research. Abstract This study examined the digital media ecosystem that developed during the Justice for Trayvon campaign prior to the arrest of Trayvon Martin’s killer, […]

Associate Professor Cynthia Morton and doctoral student Sun-Young Park’s article on “The Role of Regulatory Focus, Social Distance, and Involvement in Anti-High-Risk Drinking Advertising: A Construal-Level Theory Perspective” was published in the Journal of Advertising. Abstract The present study examines the effects of regulatory focus, social distance, and involvement interplay on responses to anti-high-risk advertising […]

U.S. News & World Report quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the August 17, 2015 story, “Calling Police ‘Pigs’ Lands Teen in Jail,” regarding the case of a Tennessee teenager arrested after opening the door of a moving car and yelling “pigs” at police.

Advertising Professor Jon Morris and CJC doctoral students Ilyoung Ju and Naa Amponsah Dodoo published an article in the Journal of Marketing Communications on “The influence of life satisfaction on nostalgic advertising and attitude toward a brand.” Jong Woo Jun, associate professor in the School of Communications, Dankook University, South Korea, is also a co-author […]

Professor of Journalism Wayne Wanta recently received the title of honorary professor from the School of Journalism and Media Communication at Shaanxi Normal University in China. Dr. Wanta was recognized for his exemplary scholarship, engaged teaching and friendship to the Shaanxi Normal University community. Wanta has traveled to 47 countries including eight trips to China […]

UF College of Journalism and Communications faculty and graduate student researchers were involved in 49 presentations, including seven award-winning papers, at the AEJMC annual conference held August 6-9, 2015 in San Francisco. Learn more →