Month: September 2015

PBS MediaShift on September 29, 2015 published “How University of Florida Offers Lifelong Learning for Online Alums,” an article by Associate Dean and Advertising Professor Mike Weigold.

Handbook of Media Branding is a new comprehensive resource for researchers and industry experts offering a critical overview of current issues and achievements in media branding. The authors, UF College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Professor Sylvia Chan-Olmsted and three professors from Switzerland, Sweden and Austria, discuss media branding from both American and European viewpoints, […]

UF College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Associate Professor James Babanikos will participate in a special presentation of his film “Somewhere Beyond” as part of Community Peacebuilding Month, sponsored by the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding in Gainesville. The 46-minute dramatic film, produced in 2008, will be shown on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in […]

Los Angeles – September 26, 2015: Two news organizations, both of which focused on government mishandling of information, received the second annual University of Florida Awards in Investigative Data Journalism Saturday at the Online News Association Online Journalism Awards event. The two $7,500 awards honor high-impact data journalism that is exceptionally well presented and are […]

Advertising chair and professor Tom Kelleher writes about Red Bull’s content marketing strategy in this case study excerpted from his forthcoming textbook, Public Relations in the Digital Age.

The Great Storytellers series talk with best-selling author and Alumnus of Distinction Michael Connelly, JM 1980, is featured in the September 22, 2015 story in The Independent Florida Alligator, “UF journalism alumnus Michael Connelly shares insight on storytelling.”

Elite Daily on September 21, 2015 published, “Sell Yourself: 9 Ways To Build A Personal Brand That Best Reflects You” an article by Public Relations lecturer Kay Tappan.

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Professor Jon Morris and former UF Ph.D. student Feng Shen will have an article published in the Journal of Advertising Research titled “Advertising Decoding Neural Responses to Emotion in Television Commercials: An Integrative Study of Self-Reporting and fMRI Measures.” Abstract Contrary to the current practice that […]

The Crimson White quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the September 18, 2015 story, “GAMEDAY: Dixieland Delight draws similarities to Rammer Jammer,” regarding the ability of a university to establish boundaries of free speech in a public forum like a football stadium.

The Conversation on September 14, 2015 published, “How advertising research explains Donald Trump’s profound appeal” an article by Advertising professor Jon Morris and Ph.D. candidate Taylor Wen. The article was discussed on the September 17, 2015 edition of the Research Business DAILY Report (RBDR).

Florida Weekly features the Public Interest Communications program and Karel Chair Ann Christiano in the September 17, 2015 article, “Florida Fellows Bring Communication Skills to Nonprofit Grantees.”

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ Yulia Strekalova, director of grants development and Ph.D. student, and Janice Krieger, director of the STEM Translational Communication Research program, published an article in the Journal of Cancer Education titled “A Picture Really is Worth a Thousand Words: Public Engagement with the National Cancer Institute on […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Visiting Professional Cynthia Barnett’s latest book — Rain: A Natural and Cultural History – has been included on the 2015 National Book Awards longlist for Nonfiction. The National Book Awards are American literary prizes administered by the non-profit National Book Foundation. The awards celebrate the best of […]

Journalism Professor John Kaplan was recently interviewed for an article, “Pictures that Changed History,” published in the Sept. 7 edition of the Beijing Mirror Evening News. The article was spurred by the impact of the harrowing photograph of drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi on Turkey’s Bodrum beach. Kaplan commented that the seemingly peaceful photo of the […]

The Ledger quotes Bob Norberg, director of strategy and research at The Agency, in this September 14, 2015 story, “Cold OJ enjoying a hot streak,” regarding a recent sales report released by the Florida Department of Citrus.

U.S. News & World Report quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the September 10, 2015 story, “Arrested ‘Impeach Obama’ Advocate Sues for 1st Amendment Payday,” regarding the lawsuit of a New York man arrested for posting “Impeach Obama” banners who is suing the police on 1st amendment violation grounds after criminal […]

The Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, along with the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the Cato Institute and several other organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Sept. 4, 2015 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California. The brief focuses on a case involving limitations imposed by a judge on the […]

Huffington Post Live hosted a discussion on Hollywood star James Woods suit against an anonymous Twitter user after the user called Woods a “cocaine addict.” Brechner First Amendment Project Director Clay Calvert, along with business and entertainment litigation attorney Hajir Ardebili and Ken White, attorney for the anonymous Twitter user, focused on Twitter “trash talk,” […]

What is the American Dream? What does it look like? These questions posed by The Atlantic magazine inspired readers, including Journalism Professor John Freeman, to submit a photo of what a successful life looks like. The Atlantic, in conjunction with EchoSight (co-founded by Danny Ghitis, JOU 2006), culled through hundreds of entries submitted via Twitter […]

The Conversation on September 4, 2015 published, “Why did Google’s logo rollout go smoother than Yahoo’s?” an article by Public Relations lecturer Kay Tappan. Business Insider picked up the story on September 6, 2015.

Dr. Janice Krieger, director of the CJC STEM Translational Communication Research program, is the recipient of the 2015 UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professorship. The professorship, one of two awarded by the Foundation, recognizes extraordinary accomplishments by individuals and the prestige they bring to the University. The designation includes a $25,000 cash award for Krieger to […]

Early in Bruce Kallner’s career as a budding sportscaster in Des Moines, Iowa, he interviewed Hall-of-Fame golfer Gary Player.  The golfing great treated Kallner with such respect that it made a lasting impression about character and dignity and how to treat those in a professional environment. He also interviewed baseball Hall-of-Famer Bob Feller, one of his […]

Congratulations to Dr. Jasmine McNealy who joined the Telecommunication Department this fall as an Assistant Professor. McNealy, comes to UF from the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science. She is a three-time Gator grad, receiving both her Masters (2006) and Doctorate (2008) from the College, as well as her law degree from […]