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UFCJC Faculty, Students and Alumni Honored at AEJMC 2024 Conference

Tuesday August 6, 2024

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) faculty, alumni and students will be honored for research and teaching excellence at the 107th annual Association for Education …
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UFCJC Doctoral Student Comments on Presidential Candidate Use of Political Language on 2024 Campaign Trail

Wednesday April 17, 2024

Brittany Shaughnessy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, is featured in “Discussing the Power of Language in the 2024 Presidential Election” posted …
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Decoding Morality in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: A Public Relations Perspective

Thursday December 21, 2023

Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) was developed by psychologists to explore and explain why people around the world hold similar moral values despite having divergent cultural experiences. MFT …
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UFCJC Doctoral Student Authors Opinion Piece on the Use of Authoritarian Language in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign

Tuesday November 28, 2023

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Brittany Shaughnessy is the author of “2020 Election Coverage Was Rife with Authoritarian Language, Study Finds” …
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Study: Effectively Leveraging Organizational Communications Can Help Achieve Organizational Goals in Political Campaigns

Thursday October 5, 2023

A new study suggests that effectively leveraging organizational communications in democracies can support the transfer of object salience, moral attributes and networks to media coverage, public …
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The Good, the Bad, and the Evil Media: Influence of Online Comments on Media Trust

Tuesday September 5, 2023

Lack of trust is a prevalent issue in modern news media. As of 2021, just 26% of American adults reported having trust in national media and scholars still don’t fully understand the impact of …
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New Studies: Impact of Emotions on Political Attitudes and the Impact of Uncivil News Comments

Thursday July 13, 2023

A new study has found that emotions are inseparable from political decision-making and even negative emotions can be linked to positive outcomes. The findings by University of Florida College of …