Month: January 2016

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Online Master’s student Danielle Riley was one of two grand-prize winners in the Institute for Public Relations’ (IPR) first global Infographic Design Competition for students. Riley, a student in the Web Design and Online Communication online master’s program, won for her “The Social CEO: CEO Communication Styles” […]

WRAS-FM 88.5 was playing in the background when I stretched across my bedroom floor, laid Rolling Stone in front of me and opened its cover to read stories that led me to further question the Reagan administration. That moment in 1984, one that I repeated again and again during the mid 80s, was the one […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Director of Grant Development and PhD candidate Yulia Strekalova’s research paper “Language of Uncertainty: the Expression of Decisional Conflict Related to Skin Cancer Prevention Recommendations” was accepted by the Journal of Cancer Education.   Strekalova co-authored the paper with graduate student Vaughan James. Abstract User-generated information on the […]

The use of social media for enhancing a social movement’s reach has become standard, but few examples demonstrate its potency as well as the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice. Million Hoodies was formed as an online action network following the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman and includes more than 50,000 members and […]

The Institute for Public Relations on January 12, 2016 published “Social Media Framing Within the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice,” an article by Public Relations Professor Linda Hon.

Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman was in Washington, D.C, January 8, 2016 as one of nine professors selected nationwide to review and recommend proposals worthy of Fulbright Awards to be funded through the State Department. His committee reviewed and ranked 53 proposals involving international outreach plans and nine months of support for Fulbright Fellows committed […]

The Conversation on January 12, 2016 published, “Can schools punish students for off-campus, online speech?,” an article by Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert.

Science and environmental journalist Dan Fagin will give a public talk at the University of Florida the evening of February 15 on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Toms River and the role of science journalism and communication to help the public understand the connections between public health and the environment. Fagin is a long-time environmental writer […]

Thirteen University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students and one Journalism class instructor have received 2015 Anderson Scholars awards. The Anderson Scholars award was established by the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding academic achievements by undergraduates in their first two years of enrollment. The award is open to […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Professor of Public Relations Kathleen Kelly has have been appointed the 2016 co-chair of the Membership Committee of the Arthur W. Page Society. She is the first educator in the Society’s 32-year history to co-chair or chair its membership committee. The Page Society is an elected-only, professional […]

Advertising chair and professor Tom Kelleher writes about Applying the Situational Theory of Publics: Net Neutrality in this case study excerpted from his forthcoming textbook, Public Relations in the Digital Age.

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications announced that Dr. Carla Fisher will be joining the College in Fall 2016 as assistant professor in the Advertising Department. Fisher is currently an assistant professor at George Mason University’s Department of Communication and Center for Health & Risk Communication and affiliate faculty with the Departments of Human Development […]

Why we’re building Changeville Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano writes about the place of music in social change in the article, “Why we’re building Changeville,” published January 5, 2016 on Medium.