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Study: User Understanding Can Lead to a Positive Attitude Toward AI-Enabled Technologies

Monday April 8, 2024

A new study has found that perceived AI ethics can play a vital role in mediating between self-efficacy and technological factors and lead to a more positive attitude toward AI technologies. The findings by Seungahn Nah, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director for the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at […]
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Study: Frequent Consumption of AI-Related News Can Lead to Increased AI Literacy and Support of AI Policies and Regulation

Tuesday January 2, 2024

A new study has found that frequent consumption of artificial intelligence (AI)-related news amplifies political discussion about AI and leads to increased AI literacy and support of AI policies and regulation. The findings by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral students Fanjue Liu and Heidi Makady, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media […]
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Kasey Windels and CJC Doctoral Student Co-Author Article on Postfeminist Discourse in Advertising

Tuesday July 6, 2021

Kasey Windels, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor, and CJC doctoral student Heidi Makady are the co-authors of “Defining Gender Equality Until the Next Generation: Evidence of the Persistence of Postfeminist Discourse in Advertising” published in Feminist Media Studies on June 28. In their study, Windels, Makady and Sara Champlin […]
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CJC Doctoral Student Receives an AEJMC Electronic News Division Top Paper Award

Tuesday May 25, 2021

Heidi Makady, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, is the recipient of the second place student paper award in the Electronic News Division from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Makady is the author of “I Wouldn’t React to it Because of the Algorithm: How Can Self-Presentation […]