By: Michelle Amazeen In the mid-1980s, Rolling Stone Magazine underwent an image transformation. Widely perceived of as a magazine carrying content that only appealed to a niche population of counterculture hippies, the award-winning “Perception. Reality.” advertising campaign, created by advertising agency Fallon McElligott, disputed that notion. Through a series of over 60 print executions, the […]
By: Amanda King On September 21st, Boston University’s College of Communication welcomed the Dean’s Advisory Board to 640 Commonwealth Avenue. The Advisory Board is a critical component to the success of COM, allowing accomplished individuals from within the industry to offer their knowledge and expertise. These visits help to bridge the gap between industry and […]
By: Snigdha Bhowmik In this era of digital communication, we have become accustomed to sharing our lives with the world, one screenshot at a time. Whether it’s a hilarious meme, an inspirational quote, or a juicy tidbit from a private conversation, the act of capturing what’s on our screens has become second nature. But let’s […]
By: Michelle Amazeen Welcome to the Fall 2023 Semester! With the start of the academic year, I’d like to welcome you to the fall 2023 semester and share some information about the CRC. First established at Boston University in 1959, the CRC serves to support its fellows as thought leaders who advance communication-related theory and […]
By: Michelle Amazeen Barbie: Covert Influence and Representation The billion-dollar blockbuster movie this summer was Barbie. As I prepared to go see it with my mother in July, I reminded myself that I was going to see what amounts to a 2-hour advertisement for a child’s toy, a practice also known as branded entertainment. As […]
Congratulations to CRC fellow and Ph.D. candidate in EMS, Sejin Paik! She recently published her solo-authored paper,”Journalism Ethics for the Algorithmic Era” in Digital Journalism. Drawing on interviews with local journalists, the article looks into the history of journalism ethics in the U.S. and the challenges of editorial work in the face of artificial intelligence […]
By: Michelle Amazeen Speaking Out: Then They Came for the Academics… During my spring 2023 research sabbatical, I have continued my studies of disinformation. While having the time, resources, and support to focus exclusively on research is an increasingly rare privilege in academia, as I prepared to return as COM’s Director of the Communication Research […]
In May 2023, research conducted by COM undergraduate student Emma Longo was awarded the inaugural Nelson Undergraduate Research Award from the University Research Opportunities Program (UROP). The Boston University Nelson Undergraduate Research Award was established in 2023 by a BU alumni donation from Mark (COM’88) and Ruth Gallagher Nelson to support students conducting research in […]
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 […]