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CRC Fellows Mourn the Passing of Dr. Donald L. Shaw

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 […]

Communication Research Colloquium Series Hosts Dr. Yi Grace Ji

        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 […]

National Science Foundation Awards Grant to Multi-Institutional Team, including Co-PI and CRC Fellow Dr. Lei Guo

Congratulations to CRC Fellow Dr. Lei Guo, Associate Professor in Emerging Media Studies! Dr. Guo is a Co-Principal Investigator on a $750,000 interdisciplinary multi-institutional grant just awarded to Temple University.  Guo will be working in conjunction with Eduard Dragut, the Principal Investigator and other co-principal investigators from Temple University and UIC, to utilize a mixed-methods […]

Communication Research Colloquium Series Hosts Dr. Arunima Krishna

  Dr. Arunima Krishna, Assistant Professor of Public Relations, will be discussing public perceptions of and responses to corporate misconduct, this Thursday — September 16th, 2021 from 3:30-4:30pm — as part of the BU Communication Research Colloquium Series. Dr. Krishna will be discussing the potential long-term effects of corporate misconduct allegations on a corporation, as […]

How To Fight Vaccine Misinformation

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 […]

CRC fellow Jiaxi Wu awarded American Heart Association fellowship

Congratulations to Jiaxi Wu, CRC graduate fellow and rising third-year student in the Emerging Media Studies doctoral program! She has just been awarded a two-year $100,000 fellowship from the American Heart Association’s Tobacco Center for Regulatory Sciences. Dr. Traci Hong (COM) and Dr. Jessica Fetterman (Medicine) will be co-mentors and direct the core research studies […]

New book co-edited by CRC fellow Patrice Oppliger now available

“The Dark Side of Stand-Up Comedy,” a new book co-edited by Patrice Oppliger (CRC fellow) and Eric Shouse, is now available for purchase. This book focuses on the “dark side” of stand-up comedy, initially inspired by speculations surrounding the death of comedian Robin Williams. Contributors, those who study humor as well as those who perform […]

ICA 2020 presentations by CRC faculty and students

*Update: While this schedule remains the same, the conference will now be taking place virtually (not in Australia, as previously planned).* This May, communication scholars from around the globe will convene for the International Communication Association’s 70th annual conference, including several of the CRC’s fellows. As the program has recently been made available, we’ve compiled […]

CRC conducts biometric research on voter responses to candidates ahead of Super Tuesday

In a project conducted for the State House News Service, CRC researchers used biometric methods to measure potential voters’ subconscious responses to candidates running in this year’s presidential election. Utilizing galvanic skin response (GSR), facial expression analysis, eye tracking, and self-report survey data, researchers Susie Blair, Anne Danehy, and Mina Tsay-Vogel designed a study to […]