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A new study has found that audiences perceive human writers to be more authentic than machine authors. The findings by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral students Rachel Son, Qingyuan Yang, and Benjamin Vollmer and Advertising Associate Professor and STEM Translational Communication Center Interim Director Benjamin…

Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, is quoted in “DeSantis Campaign’s Use of Fake Images Against Trump Part of AI ‘Arms Race’” published in the Tampa Bay Times on June 14. The article focuses on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political campaign’s apparent use…

Yang Feng, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor in artificial intelligence (AI), has been selected to serve as one of 20 associate editors for the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR). The mission of JAR is to act as the research and development vehicle for…

Eric Esterline, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of Sports Journalism and Communications and senior lecturer in Sports Media and Communication, is a recipient of a 2023 UF Career Influencer Award in the UF Faculty category. The annual awards celebrate the collaboration and innovation of those who…

A new study has found that diversity communication and cultural intelligence have a positive relationship with employee engagement directly and indirectly in an inclusive climate. The findings by Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications  Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, Yufan Sunny…

Sam Snyder, adjunct faculty member in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications online Master’s concentration in Public Interest Communications, shared this public interest communications success story with his students. Snyder is campaign director at True Blue Strategies and former senior campaign manager at Wild Salmon Center. As…

Carla Fisher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor, will leave UFCJC on June 30 to join UF’s College of Medicine as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics. Fisher, who has been a member of the UF Health…

Amy Jo Coffey, Ph.D., media management associate professor and program manager for the online Master’s in Audience Analytics at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), has co-authored “Media Analytics: Understanding Media, Audiences, and Consumers in the 21st Century,” published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis) in June…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists, staff and alumni are the recipients of four National Division C (small station under five staff) and four National Student Division 2023 Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) Awards. The awards recognize the best public media journalism work in 2022 from…

Herbert Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior lecturer, is the author of “Florida Students Spend Spring Break Reporting from Hallowed Ground of Civil Rights History” published on poynter.com on June 12. In honor of the 60th anniversary of a pivotal year in the Civil…

Sriram Kalyanaraman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor and Media Effects and Technology Lab director, will be a speaker at Economist Impact’s Enterprise Metaverse Summit 2023 on June 28. The hybrid event, in London, England, and online, is designed to help senior leaders build industry value…

GHQ, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) multi-platform “radio station,” is partnering with Futuri Media to use Futuri’s RadioGPT™ AI technology, making GHQ one of the first radio stations in the world to use this service to better connect to audiences. RadioGPT™ uses Futuri’s TopicPulse system…