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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 […]

Jasmine McNealy Comments on Court Cases that Could Give the Government More Control of Social Media Platforms

Thursday February 29, 2024

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, was quoted in “How a Handful of Court Cases Could Give the Government More Power Over Social Media” published in the Nieman Report on Feb. 27. The article focuses on potential government control over social media and how […]

Jasmine McNealy to Serve as Keynote Speaker for the Annual Penn State Pockrass Memorial Lecture

Monday February 19, 2024

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Pockrass Memorial Lecture at the Penn State University Kern Auditorium on March. 11. Her lecture, “Sound/Off: Data, Persuasion and Regulation,” will address the cognitive and emotive power of sonic data, […]

Jasmine McNealy Comments on Tracking of Celebrities’ Private Jets

Tuesday February 13, 2024

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, is quoted in “Taylor Swift Doesn’t Want People Tracking Her Private Jet. Here’s Why It’s Legal” published in USA Today on Feb. 7. The article focuses on Taylor Swift’s threat to pursue legal action against Jack Sweeney, a […]

Four UFCJC Faculty and Two Doctoral Students Contribute to Research Handbook on AI and Communication

Tuesday November 21, 2023

Four University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) faculty and two doctoral students are included in the Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Communication edited by Seungahn Nah, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director of the UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology. The book is scheduled to […]

Jasmine McNealy Authors AI Book Chapter and an Essay on Fact-Checking of Celebrity Gossip

Tuesday November 21, 2023

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, is author of “Design + Power: Policy for Ecology of Influence,” a chapter in the Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Communication edited by Seungahn Nah, Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust and research director of the […]

Jasmine McNealy Authors Opinion Piece on the Need for a Rural AI Agenda

Wednesday October 25, 2023

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor is author of the opinion piece “We Need an Agenda for Rural Artificial Intelligence (AI)” published by Tech Policy Press on Oct. 10. The piece was also referenced in Politico’s Digital Bridge newsletter published on Oct. 19 McNeely […]

Center for Public Interest Communications Adds Two Faculty Research and Strategy Collaborators

Friday March 24, 2023

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Center for Public Interest Communications recently added two faculty collaborators to their team. Jasmine McNealy, UFCJC Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor and associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, will serve as interim director of research, and Natalie Asorey, UFCJC […]

Jasmine McNealy Authors Essay Analyzing Social Platform Expression, Governance and Participation

Monday October 10, 2022

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor and associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, is the author of “A Power Analysis for Platforms: Expression, Equitable Governance, and Participation” published on policylink.org on Oct. 6. The essay focuses on whistleblower revelations about […]

Jasmine McNealy Authors Essay on the Importance of Protecting Sonic Privacy

Wednesday September 21, 2022

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate professor and associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, is the author of “Sonic Privacy,” published as part of the series, “A Healthy Digital Public Sphere,” in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology 2022. In the essay, McNealy writes about […]

Jasmine McNealy Appointed Technology Advisor for Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning

Tuesday June 7, 2022

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, will join the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning as Technology Advisor in the Chief Technology Office. The appointment, which is initially for one year starting June 20, is under the auspices of the […]

Jasmine McNealy Pens Article on the Possible Impacts from Algorithmic Systems

Tuesday May 10, 2022

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, is the author of “Before the Algorithm, What’s in the Imagination?” published in Computing Machinery Interactions, Volume 29, Issue 3. In the article, McNealy focuses on algorithmic […]

Jasmine McNealy Co-Authors Article on Policy Prototyping as a Remedy for Policy Failures

Monday January 31, 2022

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, is the co-author of “Prototyping Policy: Visualizing Impact for Better Regulation” published in Convergence: The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies on Jan. 31. McNealy, […]

Jasmine McNealy Authors Article on How Language Can Influence Technology Perceptions

Thursday January 27, 2022

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, is the author of “Framing and Language of Ethics: Technology, Persuasion, and Cultural Context” published in the Journal of Social Computing, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Sept. 2021. […]

Jasmine McNealy Speaks About Online Privacy and Data Protections

Monday December 6, 2021

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, was interviewed for radio broadcast and podcast CBC Spark on “The Search for Better Search,” which originally aired on Dec. 3. The episode examines the evolution of search […]