Professors and graduate students in CCI’s School of Communication recently published a paper researching the positive effects of Facebook. The paper, titled Self-transcendent emotions and social media: Exploring the content and consumers of inspirational Facebook posts, consisted of two different studies. “Results from the quantitative content analysis in Study 1 show that inspirational Facebook posts …
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Facebook: Friend or Foe? Comm Faculty Publish Research
iSchool Professor Presents Health Informatics Research at MEDINFO 2019
Over the summer, Dr. Zhe He of the iSchool had four papers, four posters, and 1 panel accepted to MEDINFO 2019, the world’s largest conference in medical informatics. These presentations centered around Dr. He’s eHealth Lab. He explains the research as: “The research in the eHealth Lab is centered around a core question: ‘How can we find ways to improve …
CONTINUE READINGFrom On-Air to Online: Digital Producer Krista Witiak Introduces New Wave of News Media
“No one really knows where local news is going to be in 5-10 years,” says Krista Witiak, a recent graduate of the School of Communication. She currently works as a digital reporter and producer for FOX21 in Colorado Springs. Her day-to-day job includes finding stories to report, setting up interviews, filming b-roll, editing film packages, …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumna Sheds Light on Instructional Design
When most people think of rehabilitation, their first thoughts may include the words “physical” or “occupational,” but certainly not “vocational.” For iSchool alumna Lea Ann Gates (M.S. ’07 Information Studies) vocational rehabilitation plays a huge part in her job. Vocational rehabilitation is the process of helping people with disabilities find and maintain employment. “This is …
CONTINUE READINGFSU NSSLHA Awarded 2019 Gold Chapter Honors
The College of Communication and Information has over 15 clubs under its name, including the Florida State Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA). Recently, NSSLHA awarded the FSU chapter with the 2019 Gold Chapter Honors. These honors are awarded to chapters that demonstrate an outstanding effort to support National NSSLHA’s mission …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Comm Alumna Celia Mott
“I’ve discovered that when your job is your passion, there’s no turn off button. You will continue to push yourself and explore new opportunities, even in your free time,” says Comm School alumna Celia Mott (’14 Media Communication Studies). While at FSU, Mott discovered her passion for communication and marketing. “I always knew I wanted …
CONTINUE READINGFSU Professor Collaborates on New Online Resource Detailing the Heroic Activism of Fannie Lou Hamer
For the past 10 years, Professor Davis W. Houck from CCI’s School of Communication has worked with Maegan Parker Brooks, an assistant professor at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon to create the “Find Your Voice” collective. “We’re finally at the launch of the Fannie Lou Hamer project, and we couldn’t be happier,” says Houck. “Find …
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