COMM Professor Raney quoted in Orlando Sentinel article about Jameis Winston

Dr. Arthur Raney, James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the FSU School of Communication, was quoted in an Orlando Sentinel article about FSU’s very own star baseball and football quarterback athlete, Jameis Winston. Raney commented on Winston’s increasing popularity status after the freshman quarterback was recorded launching a football over …

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COMM Interim Director Sypher and doctoral student Clark interviewed about social media regarding student incident

Florida State University (FSU) student, Amanda Thurston, has been accused of posting racial slurs on the social media site, Vine, on Wednesday Sept. 4.  The Vine showed a clip of black students performing in the middle of FSU Oglesby Union during the weekly Market Wednesday.  The caption for the Vine read, “Welcome to FAMU…I mean …

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Comm Alumni Attorney Ryan B. Cappy Named to Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums

  Ryan B. Cappy, an alum of Florida State University’s School of Communication, recently earned certification as a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum as one of America’s top trial lawyers. Cappy, an attorney based in Tampa, Fla., earned his undergraduate degree from the School of Communication …

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Korzenny quoted in Marketplace Business about how companies are profiting from the U.S. Hispanic market

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 and quoted in an article by Marketplace Business about critical adjustments retailers and businesses are making in their advertisements to appeal more to U.S. Hispanic audiences. Korzenny, along with other Hispanic marketing …

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Delta Zeta Student Member Victoria Underwood donates to the SCSD Preschool Program

Delta Zeta member and criminology major, Victoria Underwood, shares her passion for Early Childhood Learning by pledging to support the School of Communication Science & Disorders’ planned Integrated Preschool Program.  She is supporting the organization’s philanthropic goal of donating $10,000 per year for five years toward the College of Communication & Information School of Communication …

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FSU Film School founder and retired Comm. professor, Donald Ungurait, passes away

Dr. Donald Ungurait, the founding dean of the FSU Film School and a retired Communication professor, died Aug. 3 at the age of 76.  He had been battling cancer and passed away in South Florida. Ungurait received his B.A. at Indiana State University.  He later earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1968, …

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Korzenny quoted in NBC Latino about how Hispanic females are influencing what products you will be buying

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, professor in the Florida State University (FSU) School of Communication and director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was quoted in an article published by NBC Latino about how Hispanic women are increasingly influencing products that are purchased.  “U.S. Latinas can do more on their own than ever before, and …

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