Many CRC fellows will be attending the 69th annual International Communication Association conference, which is taking place from May 24th to May 29th in Washington, D.C. COM scholars and faculty will be presenting their recent research projects in interactive poster sessions, panels, and paper sessions. Below is a list of upcoming ICA presentations by CRC-affiliated […]
Patrice Oppliger’s latest book, Tweencom girls: Gender and adolescence in Disney and Nickelodeon Sitcoms, is now available via Rowan & Littlefield. Dissecting popular Nickelodeon and Disney Channel programs, Oppliger—a CRC fellow and Assistant Professor of Communication at Boston University—offers a critical take on how girls in the transition between pre-teen and teenage have been represented in mainstream […]
In today’s ever-shifting online media landscape, “native advertising”—sponsored content that is integrated into a publication without being readily recognizable as promotional—has become increasingly commonplace across digital news platforms. The question then arises: How do individuals perceive native advertisements and are they able to differentiate them from non-promotional editorial content? Michelle Amazeen (Assistant Professor in BU’s […]
Closely examining the ways in which the spouses of recent presidential candidates have been presented to and perceived by the American public, CRC research fellow Tammy R. Vigil’s new book Moms in Chief: The Rhetoric of Republican Motherhood and the Spouses of Presidential Nominees, 1992-2016 takes a critical look at gendered political roles and how they (for better […]
The Bellwether Survey is, by most measures, an ambitious undertaking. “We think this might be the biggest study of its type,” explained The PRWeek’s Steve Barrett on the podcast’s January 11 episode. The collaborative project between PRWeek and Boston University aimed to gain insight into the state of the communications field by polling individuals with firsthand […]