By Burt Glass Americans’ understanding of the problem of climate change hasn’t changed, but their faith in corporations’ promises to address the issue is falling, according to a new opinion survey. In the latest Media & Technology Survey from Boston University’s College of Communication and IPSOS, 61% of Americans expressed the belief that climate change […]
Content Confusion: Why Americans Are Losing Faith in Corporate Climate Promises—and the Media’s Role By: Michelle Amazeen As the world wrestles with an accelerating climate crisis, hope rests on collective action from governments, corporations, and citizens. Yet last week’s conclusion of COP30 produced an agreement largely seen as “incremental at best” and far less than […]
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By Burt Glass Almost three out of four Americans (73%) across political lines agree that the First Amendment should protect private speakers, like media companies and talk show hosts, from government censorship so their speech is virtually unrestricted, except for inciting violence. That’s a key finding in a new Media & Technology Survey by Boston […]
By Burt Glass An overwhelming majority of Americans across the political spectrum support protections against “deepfakes” in media that use a person’s voice and visual likeness without permission, according to a new opinion survey designed by the Communication Research Center at Boston University’s College of Communication and conducted by Ipsos. More than four of five […]
Back to School 2025 By: Michelle Amazeen With the crispness of fall settling in and the start of a new semester, I hope all Communication Research Center (CRC) fellows are re-energized and entering this semester with renewed enthusiasm for their important work. Many of us have continued advancing our research and sharing insights throughout the […]
By Yelena Rodolitz We recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Ayse Lokmanoglu, the first of our newly-appointed faculty to be featured in our Spotlight series. Ayse is an Assistant Professor in the Emerging Media Studies program, and conducts interdisciplinary research that engages the fields of communication, computational social science, and the digital humanities. […]
By Yelena Rodolitz Dr. Roy Grundmann is the most recent recipient of the Fulbright Scholar Award, a grant awarded to distinguished faculty members across the nation to further their scholarship through exposure to foreign academic and cultural environments. Grundmann is an esteemed faculty member of Boston University, and is the co-founder of the Film Studies […]
Resisting the Era of Darkening: The Researcher Support Consortium By: Michelle Amazeen Last week, I moderated a panel of experts on the growing intimidation and harassment faced by researchers studying misinformation. As I’ve noted in previous writings, scholars investigating the origins, spread, and impacts of misinformation are increasingly becoming targets of congressional hearings, subpoenas, doxxing, and […]