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UFCJC Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Students Honored at 2025 College Awards Banquet

Friday April 4, 2025

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) annual Awards Banquet on April 2, 2025, celebrated the achievements of students, faculty and staff and honored four new alumni Hall of Fame members. To download the Awards Banquet …

Partisanship, Politics and Place: How Media Shape Perception of Rural America

Thursday January 16, 2025

While traditional media research has focused on how news coverage shapes perceptions of racial, ethnic and religious groups, less is known about media’s role in influencing how people feel about others based on where they live. Researchers wanted to know what predicts people’s feelings toward individuals living in rural parts of the U.S.

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Study: Conservative Media Use, Political Beliefs and Geographic Identity Can Affect Perceptions of Rural Residents

Monday December 16, 2024

A new study has found that there is a three-way interaction between conservative media use, political beliefs and geographic identity when evaluating rural residents. The findings by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) …

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 in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in …

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 on wusf.org on April 15. Shaughnessy commented on President …

Decoding Morality in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: A Public Relations Perspective

Thursday December 21, 2023

New research delves into the web of political communication to unravel hidden threads of moral intuitions woven throughout Biden and Trump campaigns’ strategies in 2020.

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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” published on poynter.com on Nov. 27. In the article, she …

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 discourse and opponent messaging. The findings by University of …

The Good, the Bad, and the Evil Media: Influence of Online Comments on Media Trust

Tuesday September 5, 2023

Media trust is critical for democracies because they rely on informed participation and you don’t use what you don’t trust. Understanding what contributes to mistrust can help news organizations combat it—and understanding the impact of content created by readers rather than reporters could be key.

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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 Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student Ekaterina …