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UF Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology Announces Next Class of Trust Scholars

Thursday May 27, 2021

The UF Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology has named five UF Trust Consortium Scholars for 2021-2022 who exemplify its commitment to working across disciplines to examine ways trust is being …
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Language, Modality, and Mobile Media Use Experiences: Social Responses to Smartphone Cues in a Task-Oriented Context

Tuesday May 4, 2021

The growing technological sophistication of smartphones has transformed them from merely communication devices to essential companions that we interact with throughout the day. This research examines the effects of two social dimensions of smartphones — language and modality — on social responses to these devices.

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CJC Honors Faculty, Staff and Students for Outstanding Scholarship and Service

Friday April 16, 2021

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications honored outstanding alumni, faculty, staff and graduate and undergraduate students during the annual awards ceremony that was …
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Does the Popularity of Clubhouse Mean the “Good Old Days” are Back?

Monday February 8, 2021

Is the new audio-based, invitation-only Clubhouse social app a return to the past?  Telecommunication Assistant Professor Kun Xu looks at how Clubhouse departs from current social media platforms.

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Kun Xu Named 2020-2021 UF Global Fellow

Friday December 11, 2020

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor in emerging media, has been named a 2020-2021 UF Global Fellow by the UF International …
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Kun Xu Co-Authors Article on Using Machine Learning to Learn Machines

Friday December 11, 2020

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor in emerging media, is the co-author of “Using Machine Learning to Learn Machines: A …
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Kun Xu Authors Article on Mobile Media Usage and Language

Friday January 24, 2020

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor in emerging media, is the author of “Language, Modality, and Mobile Media Use …
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Explicating Cues: A Typology for Understanding Emerging Media Technologies

Tuesday January 14, 2020

People use cues every day to communicate. But how are these cues — relative to Siri, Alexa, social robots, or the myriad hybrid computer and artificial intelligence technologies — being developed?

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Kun Xu Co-Authors Article on Cues for Understanding Emerging Media Technology

Monday January 6, 2020

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor in emerging media, is the co-author of “Explicating Cues: A Typology for Understanding …
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First Encounter with Robot Alpha: How Individuals Respond to Social Robot’s Vocal Cues and Gestures

Saturday September 7, 2019

In a day and age where robots and artificial intelligence are a reality, the question of how different humans interact with these machines is key to improving the experience and outcomes.

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Kun Xu Authors Article on Robot Social Interactions

Tuesday August 27, 2019

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor in emerging media, is the author of “First Encounter with Robot Alpha: How Individual …
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Kun Xu Joins CJC as a Telecommunication Emerging Media Assistant Professor

Monday March 18, 2019

Kun Xu will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Department as assistant professor in emerging media this fall. His research area focuses on the …