Elasmar named editor of International Journal of Public Opinion Research
Professor Michael G. Elasmar has been chosen by the Executive Council of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) as a new Editor of the International Journal of Public Opinion...
View ArticleCRC at the National Communication Association convention
The following papers were presented by CRC Researchers at the National Communication Association convention (New Orleans, LA): From Lumpy Rutherford to Nelson Muntz: A Content Analysis of Bullying in...
View ArticleMina Tsay profiled in “Research”
Assistant Professor Mina Tsay was profiled in Research, which delves into her work on everything from Facebook to reality TV: A trio of researchers is turning to reality television and Facebook to...
View ArticleLiving with Television Now: Advances in Cultivation Theory and Research
Edited by Dr. Michael Morgan, Dr. Jim Shanahan and Dr. Nancy Signorielli. George Gerbner’s cultivation theory provides a framework for the analysis of relationships between television viewing and...
View ArticleCOM highlights from AEJMC conference
Key faculty from Boston University’s College of Communication (COM) joined communication specialists from universities around the nation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass...
View ArticleCRC at the National Communication Association convention
The following papers were presented by CRC Researchers at the National Communication Association convention (New Orleans, LA): From Lumpy Rutherford to Nelson Muntz: A Content Analysis of Bullying in...
View ArticleMina Tsay profiled in “Research”
Assistant Professor Mina Tsay was profiled in Research, which delves into her work on everything from Facebook to reality TV: A trio of researchers is turning to reality television and Facebook to...
View ArticleLiving with Television Now: Advances in Cultivation Theory and Research
George Gerbner’s cultivation theory provides a framework for the analysis of relationships between television viewing and attitudes and beliefs about the world. Since the 1970s, cultivation analysis...
View ArticleCOM highlights from AEJMC conference
Key faculty from Boston University’s College of Communication (COM) joined communication specialists from universities around the nation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass...
View ArticleStudy links social media use with dissatisfaction among couples
Time spent on social network sites such as Facebook could be an indicator of a failing marriage, according to a team of researchers that included Dr. James Katz, Feld Professor of Emerging Media at...
View ArticlePublished study finds social media souring marriages
Dr. James Katz Findings from a series of studies performed by a group of researchers including Emerging Media Studies professor James Katz show a correlation between heavy social media use and marriage...
View ArticleProfessor’s research goes national
To study TV viewers’ engagement with shows and stories featuring “anti-hero” characters, professor and co-director of the Communication Research Center Mina Tsay-Vogel is looking beyond the past...
View ArticleJacob Groshek Talks Science on Social Media
Photo by Cydney Scott Internet commentators love to shout their opinions, but new research shows that the loudest might not know what they’re talking about. Jacob Groshek, a Boston University College...
View ArticleCOM Professor Mina Tsay-Vogel Sheds Light on Undergrad Facebook Habits
Photo by: Cydney Scott The hours young adults spend on social media networks every day influence their behavior and attitudes about privacy. Heavy social network users who read friends’ updates and...
View ArticleBinge-watching and Politics? Emerging Media Studies Research Connects the Two
Source: stock.tookapic.com Is binge-watching your favorite series effecting your political engagement? Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor, Emerging Media Studies and Sarah Krongard, Ph.D. student in...
View ArticleMeet COM’s First Doctoral Recipient, Sarah Krongard
It seems there's always something to celebrate at COM, and the 2019 fall semester marked one particularly noteworthy achievement — PhD candidate, Sarah Krongard, passed her dissertation defense and...
View ArticleWhat Voters’ Sweat Levels, Facial Expressions, Reveal about Their Feelings...
Election focus groups aimed at discerning which presidential candidate has the best shot at occupying the White House for the next four years generally pepper participants with lots of questions, then...
View ArticleThe War on Fake News
One month before the 2016 presidential election, a white supremacist Twitter account sparked a rumor linking the Democratic Party to a pedophilia ring operating out of Comet Ping Pong, a Washington...
View ArticleIn the Fake News Era, Native Ads Are Muddying the Waters
How familiar are you with native advertising? Do you think you can recognize which online content is news and which is a paid promotion? Chances are you’ve been fooled—more than once.
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