Media Production Management and Technology

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) interim department chair and associate professor, has been named to the board of the Sociology and Sport Journal (SSJ). Coche’s areas of expertise include international and intercultural communication, multimedia journalism, sports and society, sports…

Jieun Shin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology assistant professor, will serve as a board member for the 2024 Human Computer Interaction (HCI) International Conference from June 29 – July 4 in Washington, D.C. The conference objective is to provide an international…

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology instructional assistant professor, is quoted in “The Scientific Reason Why You Can’t Stop Going to Disneyland” published in the Los Angeles Times on Sept. 19. The article focuses on “travel craving” defining it as “a…

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology instructional assistant professor, is the author of the guest column “We Need to Start Talking About the Endangered Male on College Campuses” published in the Tampa Bay Times on Sept. 7. Selepak comments on the…

A new study has found that consumers can respond favorably to integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the news production process as long as humans remain in the lead. The findings by Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor and director…

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor and director of consumer media research, and UF Computer & Information Science Professor My T. Thai have received a National Science Foundation Grant for $930,000 to support research on “Information Integrity: A User-Centric…

A new study shows that issue congruency may be a factor that determines whether players behave consistently or engage in moral licensing and moral cleansing after committing a moral or immoral behavior in a video game. The findings by Yu-Hao Lee, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC)…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) associate chair and assistant professor, has been named interim MPMT department chair beginning July 1, 2023. As MPMT associate chair, she completed the department’s 2021-2022 assessment report for the Southern Association of Colleges…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) Professor and Chair Dave Ostroff is stepping down as head of the department at the end for the spring 2023 semester. He will be on administrative leave in the next academic year and…

By Serra Sowers, Journalism and Sustainability Studies 2024 As an avid sports fan and digital design enthusiast, Anabella Zorrilla has exemplified what it means to be a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student ahead of her graduation in December 2022. From the time she was a…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that it will be changing the name of its Department of Telecommunication to the Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology to better describe the department’s academic and scholarly activities. The name change will be effective as of June…

By Tracy Wright, B.S. Public Relations 1999 Any Gator basketball fan’s heart will skip a few beats at the mention of Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, Al Horford and Joakim Noah, the stars of UF’s back-to-back national championship team in 2006 and 2007 (not to mention three consecutive SEC championships between…