Matthew A. Prince, a junior at Florida State University (FSU) pursuing a dual degree in Public Relations and English Studies, with minors in Social Work and Business, presented Oct. 1 in the annual Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence. This event took place in the FSU Turnbull Conference Center, where all students, staff, and faculty were …
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News about the research activities of the FSU College of Communication & Information
PR student wins research stipend awards and presents at Undergraduate Showcase
Comm. Assistant Professor Merle Publishes International Comparative Study on Veil Ban
Dr. Patrick Merle, a newly appointed Assistant Professor at the FSU School of Communication to start in the Fall 2013, recently received notification that one of his manuscripts had been accepted for publication. The study conducted with Dr. Barbara Friedman, Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism & Mass Communication, features a comparative perspective of …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM Professor Raney to edit special issue of Journal of Communication
Dr. Arthur Raney, James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication, and Dr. Mary Beth Oliver, Professor and Co-Director of Media Effects Research Laboratory in the College of Communications at Penn State University, have been selected to edit a special issue of the Journal of Communication (JOC). …
CONTINUE READINGFSU collaboration to help librarians serve those with autism spectrum disorder
The Florida State University has received a $573,554 grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project between the PALM Center at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and the Autism Institute at the College of Medicine. Project PALS (Panhandle Autism Library Services) is a two-year program …
CONTINUE READINGThree CCI faculty members awarded 2013 First Year Assistant Professor Grants
School of Communication & Science Disorders faculty member, Dr. Kaitlin Lansford, and two School of Library & Information Studies faculty members, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho and Dr. Richard Urban, have each been awarded First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Grants for 2013. Here are some of their research project topics and links to abstract summaries: Dr. …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Shuyuan Mary Ho (2013 FYAP Grant Winner)- Research Project Information
Title: “Identity Deception and Detection in Computer-Mediated Communications” Abstract: Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho’s proposed research is a continuation of her previous research on trustworthiness attribution in virtual organizations. Her current work, based on the social psychology theory of attribution, has uncovered the important finding that information behavior can be used to identify scenarios where members …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Richard Urban (2013 FYAP Grant Winner)- Research Project Information
Title: “Representation Patterns for Cultural Heritage” Abstract: The World Wide Web has been an extremely successful way to share documents on a global scale, yet it contains an important flaw. Documents on the Web can only be associated through hyperlinks that hide the relationships among them. Although documents may contain a great deal of information, …
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