Wayne Wanta

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor emeritus, is the recipient of the 2024 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. AEJMC’s highest research award recognizes a body of significant research over the course…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and former Journalism Department chair, retired at the end of 2023 after a 12-year tenure at the College. Wanta will pursue a Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and write a book on…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor, is the recipient of a UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professorship. He was recognized for his research and outstanding record of accomplishment. Wanta is internationally known for his research in political communication and media effects, with 200 refereed publications…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor, is an insulin-dependent diabetic who travels extensively to lecture and deliver research presentations. His efforts to successfully keep diabetes from interfering with his work were saluted by the UF International Center UF Global Oct. 15 newsletter during National…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Professor Wayne Wanta was featured in “What’s making President Obama’s approval ratings go up?” in the Oct. 6 online edition of the Christian Science Monitor. Wanta offered insight into why President Obama is popular across the nation. He claims that typically…

Journalism professor Wayne Wanta has been selected as the Media and Communication Visiting Fellow at the University of Canterbury. He will spend five weeks at the university located in Christchurch, New Zealand, beginning May 2. In his notification letter to Dr. Wanta, Dr. Babak Bahador, the chair of the review…

Journalism professor Wayne Wanta is presented with a plaque commemorating his Anniversary Lecture at Dhaka University in Bangladesh. The Anniversary Lecture highlighted activities celebrating 50-plus years of instruction in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism. Pictured with Wanta, from left: Mofizur Rhaman, chair of the Department of Mass Communication…

Professor of Journalism Wayne Wanta recently received the title of honorary professor from the School of Journalism and Media Communication at Shaanxi Normal University in China. Dr. Wanta was recognized for his exemplary scholarship, engaged teaching and friendship to the Shaanxi Normal University community. Wanta has traveled to 47 countries…

Below is a list of conference papers by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and students that were accepted and will be presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference May 21-25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Other conference roles are also noted.) ICA is a leading…

A new book co-authored by University of Florida Journalism Professor and Chair Wayne Wanta that details the study of visuals employed in mass communication has been published by Palgrave Macmillian, a division of St. Martin’s Press. “Visual Communication Theory and Research: A Mass Communication Perspective” studies the use of visuals…