Dean Dennis featured in WTXL news story

Florida State University College of Communication & Information Dean Larry Dennis was recently interviewed by WTXL ABC 27 for a news story on college students and future employment. The piece, which was broadcast on April 29, reported on a new survey by Harris Polls and Careerbuilder shows that employers are more likely to hire college …

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COMM professor Korzenny published by HispanicAd.com on minority trends in digital media

Florida State University School of Communication professor Felipe Korzenny’s article, “Multicultural Usage of Digital Media,” was published on the website HispanicAd.com on April 26. Korzenny, who is also the director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, wrote about the Center’s findings of a survey conducted in 2013, which measured an individual’s time spent …

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Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication studies blogging trends and presents findings

Florida State University (FSU)’s Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (HMC) and the Latina Mom Bloggers network released the results of their first annual State of Latino Blogging Survey. FSU School of Communication Assistant Professor and Center for HMC Associate Director, Dr. Sindy Chapa, presented the research findings with collaborators from Latina Mom Bloggers at the annual Hispanicize …

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COMM students collaborate to work towards climate change legislation in Florida

An environmental project (known as “Project Nero”) was set up by Florida State University (FSU) students to bring forward climate change legislation and awareness in Florida.  The initiative was highlighted in a story featured on March 2, 2014, by WTXL-TV news in Tallahassee, Fla. “Project Nero” was developed in a Digital Media Production course taught …

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COMM Professor Korzenny discusses the importance of U.S. Hispanics in NPR interview

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, professor in the Florida State University (FSU) School of Communication and director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was interviewed in a story by NPR’s Here & Now Contributor’s Network, KUT, over a smart phone app that translates an English-language film about civil rights activist César Chávez.  The app, called myLINGO, partnered …

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COMM Professor Houck featured in NY Times article on his research into a Civil Rights sermon

Dr. Davis W. Houck, a professor at Florida State University (FSU)’s School of Communication, was featured and quoted in the NY Times article, “Civil Rights Sermon is Mislaid but Not Forgotten.” The article discusses what Houck believed to be a neglected aspect of civil rights history.  Since 2003, he has been compiling a collection of public …

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Mon, Lee win best poster at 2014 iConference

  Florida State University School of Information’s Dr. Lorri Mon and doctoral student Jisue Lee won Best Poster at the 2014 iConference at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science in Berlin, Germany, which took place March 4-7. Mon, an associate professor, and Lee collaborated on the poster, “Twitter and the Virtual Branch: the …

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