By Burt Glass A slim majority of Americans trust the media to accurately report on top issues of the day, but that fact hides a deep divide between Democrats and Republicans, according to a new survey by Boston University’s College of Communication. When it comes to climate change, vaccines, and elections, about 3 of 5 […]
Research on Tap: Health Misinformation: How it Affects Society and How We Can Deal With It Thursday, February 10, 2022 | 4-5:30 p.m. Virtual Co-sponsored by the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering and the Office of Research. Hosted by Gianluca Stringhini, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. False […]
On November 11, the Communication Research Center is pleased to host Dr. Joshua Darr,Assistant Professor, Manship School of Mass Communication and Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University. Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization Local newspapers can hold back the rising tide of political division in America by turning away from […]
On behalf of CRC Fellows, Dr. Lei Guo offers a few words on the significance of Dr. Shaw’s work for the field of communication and understanding media effects: “Dr. Donald Shaw, one of the most influential scholars in communication research, passed away on October 19th, 2021. Dr. Shaw was best known for his work, with […]
Dr. Yi Grace Ji, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations will be discussing antecedents and outcomes of stakeholder engagement on Thursday, October 21st 2021 from 3:30-4:30pm in HAR 222 — as part of the Boston University Communication Research Colloquium Series. Dr. Ji will be presenting […]
Congratulations to CRC fellow Dr. Chris Chao Su for being awarded the East Asia Studies Career Development Professorship at Boston University! This Professorship recognizes assistant professors in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Pardee School of Global Studies, the College of Communication, the College of Fine Arts, and the Questrom School of Business whose […]
Story by Andrew Thurston Just after Christmas, a Wisconsin pharmacist attempted to destroy 570 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, yanking precious vials from a storage refrigerator. According to multiple reports, he’d become convinced it could alter human DNA. It can’t. Nor, as other false rumors have claimed, will it allow the government to track you […]