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 …

How Elections Influence Voters’ Media Consumption

Wednesday November 8, 2023

There’s a mountain of political research on voters’ media engagement immediately prior to an election, but far less is known about their news consumption right afterward. This study sheds light on voters’ media use in the wake of their candidate’s win or loss in an election.

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New Study Examines Information-Seeking Behaviors Following U.S. Presidential Elections

Monday October 9, 2023

A new study suggests that individuals whose candidate lost an election use pro-attitudinal media to repair their identity or engage in information utility behaviors by seeking out counter-attitudinal information to learn about the opposing party following …

Looking Beyond the Punchline: The Effect of Political Entertainment on Evaluations of Political Candidates

Monday June 26, 2023

This research looks at how perceptions of candidates are affected when they appear on or are parodied in comedy shows vs. traditional news.

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Country Roads and Cityscapes: The Relationship Between Place-Based Identity And Feelings Toward Journalists

Thursday May 4, 2023

Current efforts to increase trust by fact-checking and increased transparency are respectable but minimally effective. They largely offer tactic over strategy, disregarding a major player in perspective-building: where people live.

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