By Burt Glass Americans doubt dating apps are the best way to find a successful relationship and they certainly don’t trust them – but they’re apparently unwilling to give up on apps like Match, Tinder and Hinge in the search for their true soulmate. Those are some of the takeaways from the latest Media & […]
By Burt Glass Twice as many Americans disagree than agree with owners of social media platforms, like Twitter, banning journalists who post content they don’t like. That’s according to the latest Media and Technology Survey from Boston University’s College of Communication conducted by Ipsos, which asked Americans whether the owners of social media networks should be […]
By: Michelle Amazeen As the Fall 2022 semester wraps up, there is an impressive number of new faces and activities at the CRC to reflect on. We welcomed four new faculty research fellows: Dr. Nivea Cannali Bona, Lecturer, Media Science; Dr. Katy Coduto, Assistant Professor, Media Science; Dr. Pablo Miño, Assistant Professor, Public Relations, and […]
By Burt Glass Most Americans believe companies can make a difference in combating climate change, and they want to buy from and work for those companies that try, according to the latest Media & Technology Survey from Boston University’s College of Communication and Ipsos. Read the full article here.
AI: Cause to Rejoice or Frankenstein-like Foreboding? Artificial intelligence (or AI) has moved from science fiction to mainstream computer science. No longer is it simply the lore of Frankenstein-like creations but rather something that people use in their everyday lives. For instance, web searches using Google rely upon AI. So do the recommendation systems in […]
By Burt Glass More young people than old, and more men than women, are open to artificial intelligence-powered machines replacing people in a variety of jobs, according to the latest Media & Technology Survey from Boston University’s College of Communication and Ipsos. Read the full article here.
Congratulations to Briana Trifiro and Alexander Rochefort, CRC graduate fellows in the Emerging Media Studies doctoral program, and Associate Professor Chris Wells, on their published paper in Mass Communication & Society. The paper analyzes a variety of media content (i.e. articles, TV coverage, and Facebook postings) on their coverage of the April 23 2020 White […]
CRC Fellow Dr. Patrice Oppliger, Assistant Professor of Communication, will be discussing her latest book, Transmasculinity on Television, on Thursday, September 22, 2022, from 3:30-4:30 pm in COM 209 — as part of the Boston University Communication Research Colloquium. This talk will take a closer look at 44 transmasculine and nonbinary characters on broadcast, cable, […]
Back-to-School! Welcome to the Fall 2022 semester at COM’s Communication Research Center! As our fellows embark on another academic year, generating new knowledge through research and theory building, the CRC continues to facilitate these efforts to address society’s communication-related challenges. Given Boston University’s commitment to involving students in research, the CRC will once again administer […]
Letter from the Director: July 2022 Demystifying Biometrics As part of our mission, the Communication Research Center offers state-of-the art technology to facilitate our fellows’ ability to advance theory and methods in addressing society’s challenges. Some of this technology involves psychophysiological measurement and analysis tools. To help explain and demystify this technology, I’ve turned to […]