Research News

Dr. Janice Krieger, director of the CJC STEM Translational Communication Research program, is the recipient of the 2015 UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professorship. The professorship, one of two awarded by the Foundation, recognizes extraordinary accomplishments by individuals and the prestige they bring to the University. The designation includes a $25,000…

Clay Calvert, professor of journalism and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, published an article in the Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest titled Content-based Confusion and Panhandling: Muddling a Weathered First Amendment Doctrine…

Professor of Public Relations Linda Hon and doctoral students Jungyun Won and Ah Ram Lee have won PRSA’s 2015 Top Faculty Research paper for their research on factors that influence individuals’ decisions to participate and remain engaged in online social issue campaigns. Abstract “The Role of Situational Awareness and Participation…

Assistant Professor of Telecommunication Yu-Hao Lee and colleagues from Oklahoma University and University of California-Santa Barbara, have been awarded $549,061 from National Science Foundation Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies program. The two-year project will design and test a digital game to overcome reactance in training and teach professionals (especially law…

Professor of Public Relations Linda Hon’s article on Digital Social Advocacy in the Justice for Trayvon Campaign was published in the August 2015 issue of the Journal of Public Relations Research. Abstract This study examined the digital media ecosystem that developed during the Justice for Trayvon campaign prior to the…

Associate Professor Cynthia Morton and doctoral student Sun-Young Park’s article on “The Role of Regulatory Focus, Social Distance, and Involvement in Anti-High-Risk Drinking Advertising: A Construal-Level Theory Perspective” was published in the Journal of Advertising. Abstract The present study examines the effects of regulatory focus, social distance, and involvement interplay…

Advertising Professor Jon Morris and CJC doctoral students Ilyoung Ju and Naa Amponsah Dodoo published an article in the Journal of Marketing Communications on “The influence of life satisfaction on nostalgic advertising and attitude toward a brand.” Jong Woo Jun, associate professor in the School of Communications, Dankook University, South…

UF College of Journalism and Communications faculty and graduate student researchers were involved in 49 presentations, including seven award-winning papers, at the AEJMC annual conference held August 6-9, 2015 in San Francisco. Learn more →

Journalism Professor and Knight Chair Mindy McAdams will be spending two weeks this summer at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a Scripps Howard Foundation/Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Visiting Professor in Social Media. McAdams has been a professor in the College since 1999, teaching courses about…

Below is a list of conference papers by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and students that were accepted and will be presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference May 21-25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Other conference roles are also noted.) ICA is a leading…

Journalism professor Wayne Wanta has been named a UF Research Foundation Professor for 2012-2015.  He is one of 34 UF faculty members chosen by the UF Research Foundation to receive the honor this year. Wanta is the 17th College of Journalism and Communications faculty member to receive this prestigious award,…

Juan-Carlos Molleda, Chair and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was recognized as one of four 2014-15 UF Doctoral Dissertation Adviser/Mentoring Award winners, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. The award was presented Monday evening at UF’s annual Faculty Awards reception hosted by…