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Study: Google Fact Check May Not Be Sufficient to Verify False Claims

Monday February 26, 2024

A new study has found that Google Fact Check could not provide sufficient fact-checking information for most false claims. The findings by Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida (UF) College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering doctoral student Qiangeng Yang, UF Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS) research assistants Tess […]

Embracing Diverse Experiences: Sofia Portugal’s Journey from Brazil to Hollywood

Tuesday December 19, 2023

By Amanda Friedman, Journalism senior When Sofia Portugal looked at UF’s website for the first time as a high school student in Bahia, Brazil, she couldn’t imagine attending college anywhere else. “It just felt right,” Portugal said. The now 23-year-old University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) graduate completed her Bachelor’s in Advertising […]

Juliana Fernandes Authors Essay on Receiving the 2023 AEJMC Advertising Distinguished Teaching Award

Monday December 11, 2023

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the author of an essay published in the December 2023 AEJMC Advertising Division newsletter focusing on her selection as the 2023 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Advertising Distinguished Teaching Award. Fernandes writes about her teaching career and […]

Study: Factual Social Media Posts About COVID-19 Were More Engaging Than Messages Containing Misinformation

Monday August 21, 2023

A new study has found that factual tweets, regardless of whether they were COVID-related, were more engaging than misinformation tweets. The findings by Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and a team of 10 scholars were featured in “People Still Care About the Facts: Users Engage More with […]

Juliana Fernandes Comments on the Repetitive Content of President Biden’s Policy Speeches

Monday August 7, 2023

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Juliana Fernandes was quoted in “Play it Again, Joe. Biden Bets That Repeating Himself is Smart Politics” posted on apnews.com on Aug. 4. The article focuses on President Biden’s multi-decade political career strategy of repeating the same stories to explain the principles behind his […]

Juliana Fernandes Receives AEJMC Advertising Division 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award

Thursday July 27, 2023

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Juliana Fernandes is the recipient of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Advertising Division 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award. The Distinguished Teaching Award rewards excellence in undergraduate teaching over a sustained period of time. The selection committee considered the following criteria […]

Juliana Fernandes to Join More Like Us’ Social Science Advisory Council

Tuesday May 16, 2023

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Julia Fernandes has been invited to join the Social Science Advisory Council of More Like Us, a non-governmental organization (NGO) aiming to address America’s political perception gap. According to More Like Us, Americans overestimate differences between political parties. The NGO, which is in the […]

Study: An Investigation of a Russian Disinformation Ad Campaign Targeting the 2016 Presidential Election

Friday February 24, 2023

An examination of Facebook ads created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) disinformation campaign targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election unearthed the relationship between ad engagement and the features relating to the ads’ metadata, psychological meaning, and sentiment. The findings by Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and […]

Juliana Fernandes Participates in UF Undergraduate Research Panel 2023 Summit Discussion

Monday January 30, 2023

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, was a member of the “Q &A Research Panel with UF Researchers” discussion during the Florida Undergraduate Research Leadership Summit (FURLS) 2023 on Jan. 28 in the UF Reitz Student Union. Fernandes, Walter O’Dell, Pouya Amelia and Barry Setlow discussed a wide […]

Juliana Fernandes and Yang Feng Join Journal of Advertising Editorial Review Board

Monday November 28, 2022

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising assistant professor, and Yang Feng, UFCJC Advertising associate professor in Artificial Intelligence (AI), have been named to the Journal of Advertising Editorial Review Board. Fernandes is an expert in the uses and effects of negative information in persuasive communication messages and how social […]

Juliana Fernandes to Participate in a Webinar of Greenwashing

Wednesday November 9, 2022

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, will be one of four faculty members participating in “Empowering Consumers: What is Greenwashing and How to Identify It,” a webinar sponsored by the Florida International University College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts on Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. Greenwashing refers […]

The Center for Public Interest Communications Collaborates on Project to Study Inclusive Coverage of Immigrant Communities

Wednesday November 9, 2022

Define American and the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) collaborated to produce a new body of research on immigration and local news with a focus on North Carolina media consumers. The result, “Reimagining Immigration News: North Carolina’s Case for the Nation,” gives journalists in […]

Juliana Fernandes Authors Article on Educating Consumers on Deception in Green Advertising

Thursday March 10, 2022

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the author of “Educating Consumers to Fight Deception in Green Advertising,” published in the March 2022 American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Newsletter and posted on medium.com on March 7. Fernandes discusses the impact of packaging information and advertising claims about items […]

Juliana Fernandes Co-Authors Article on Responses to Political Information Exposure

Thursday April 15, 2021

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the co-author of “Choice Matters: Responses to Political Information Vary in Randomized vs. Selective Exposure Contexts” published in Mass Communication and Society on March 26. Fernandes, Nicky Lewis and Cheng Hong conducted three studies to examine the selection and immediate effects […]

Juliana Fernandes Awarded $83,000 in UF Research Competition

Tuesday June 30, 2020

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Juliana Fernandes has won an $83,000 UF 2020 Research Opportunity Seed Fund Competition award to explore how to detect and address influence tactics in online propaganda. The proposal by Fernandes and Wertheim College of Engineering Associate Professor Daniela Oliveira was one of 49 submitted […]