COMM student wins Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award

Florida State University School of Communication undergraduate Annalise Kapusta received a 2014 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award (URCAA) for her proposal to study the media in relation to the peace process in Northern Ireland. The award of $4,000 is given by the Office of Undergraduate Research to support students conducting summer research or creative …

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COMM Professor McDowell contributes to recent book on cyberspace and international relations

Florida State University College of Communication & Information Associate Dean Steve McDowell and co-authors Zoheb Nensey and Philip Steinberg have written a chapter in the recently published “Cyberspace and International Relations: Theory, Prospects and Challenges,” edited by Jan-Frederik Kremer and Benedikt Müller (Springer, 2014). This compilation addresses the “cyberization” of international relations – and the …

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Indian Communication scholar Dr. Biswajit Das to speak

Professor Biswajit Das, director of the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance at  Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, will give two presentations at The Florida State University’s School of Communication on Tuesday, May 29. The first, “Mapping Media Education in India,” will be held from 9:15 to 11 a.m. in Room 2102 of University …

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'Social Media and Public Protest' colloquium held

“Social Media and Public Protest,” the role of social media in the political revolutions in the Middle East, was the subject of a colloquium Feb. 22, 2011, in Florida State University’s School of Communication. A panel of Communication faculty and doctoral students with research experience in politics and/or social media discussed the implications of the …

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