SJMC Weekly Announcements

Week of September 23–27, 2024

Kudos

Professor Sue Robinson, alum Steven Wang and PhD student Elaine Almeida win the Sue DeWine Distinguished and Scholarly Book Award

Sue and Elaine recently received the Sue DeWine Distinguished and Scholarly Book Award from the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association for their edited volume, "Public Scholarship in Communication Studies." The 2024 book was edited by TJ Billard and Silvio Waisbord. Professor Sue Robinson, alum Steven Wang, and PhD student Elaine Almeida authored a chapter in this volume called “Journalism Studies: Centering community in public scholarship through a ‘PRO-flexivity’ approach.” Congratulations, Sue, Steven and Elaine!

Alum Audrey Thibert (BA'24) selected for 2024-2025 RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship

Audrey was recently accepted to the 2024-2025 Religion News Service (RNS)/Interfaith America (IA) Religion Journalism Fellowship Program. The fellowship aims to develop future religion news journalists by deepening their understanding of religious expression in individual lives and diverse communities. Congratulations, Audrey!

Director Katy Culver featured in L&S article

Katy was recently featured in a College of Letters & Science article titled "6 Ways Faculty Prepare for a New Semester." For Katy, she revisits bookmarked podcasts about Supreme Court decisions and attempts to get into the minds of her 20-year-old students and their media diets. Read the full article.

Professor Mike Wagner featured twice in Science

Mike spoke to Science about his work studying the collaboration between Facebook and a number of academics studying the 2020 presidential election. He was also quoted in a Science editorial about the same subject.

Professor Mike Wagner shares his expertise audiences across the state

Mike gave a talk about misinformation and democracy at the LaCrosse Public Library on Sept. 15 Mike also spoke to WAOW TV in Wausau about a ballot referendum in Wisconsin.

Publications

Recent CCCR publications

Professors Dhavan Shah and Mike Wagner, emeritus professor Lew Friedland, alum Jianing Li (MA'18, PhD'22) and PhD student Yiming Wang published their forthcoming article "Manufacturing January 6th: How Republican County Parties Mobilized Anger to #StopTheSteal" in Politics & Society.
Professors Dhavan Shah and Mike Wagner, alums Porismita Borah (PhD'10) and Sang Jung Kim (PhD'23), and PhD students Yiming Wang, Yibing Sun, Yuanliang Shan, Xiaoya Jiang and Heysung Lee published their forthcoming article "Slant, Extremity, and Diversity: News Use Patterns and 2020 Post-Election Evaluations" in Public Opinion Quarterly.
Professor Dhavan Shah and alums Porismita Borah (PhD'10), Juwon Hwang (PhD'12) and Shreenita Ghosh (PhD'10) published their article "Red Media vs. Blue Media: Social Distancing and Partisan News Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in Journal of Health Communication.

Recent HITS publications

Professor Dhavan Shah and PhD student Lynne Cotter published their forthcoming article "Decoding eHealth Influence on Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness in Older Adults: A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Determination through the Motivational Technology Model" in JMIR Aging.
Professor Dhavan Shah among other researchers published their article "Effects of Bundling Medication for Opioid Use Disorder with an mHealth Intervention Targeting Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial" in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Recent SMAD publications

Professor Dhavan Shah, alums Jiyoun Suk (PhD'21) and Yini Zhang (PhD'20), and PhD students Mengyu Li, Yibing Sun and Hyerin Kwon published their forthcoming article "Platform Affordances, Discursive Opportunities, and Social Media Activism: A Cross-Platform Analysis of #MeToo on Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, 2017-2020" in New Media & Society.
Professor Dhavan Shah, alums Jiyoun Suk (PhD'21), Porsimita Borah (PhD'10) and Shreenita Ghosh (PhD'10) published their article "From Weinstein to Kavanaugh: Shifting Coverage of Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement Across U.S. News Media" in Communication Monographs.
Professor Dhavan Shah, alum Yini Zhang (PhD'20) and PhD students Xiaoya Jiang and Jisoo Kim published their article "Talking Past Each Other on Twitter: Thematic, Event and Temporal Divergences in Polarized Partisan Expression on Immigration" in Political Communication.
Professor Dhavan Shah, alums Jiyoun Suk (PhD'21), Shreenita Ghosh (PhD'10) and Porismita Borah (PhD'10), and PhD students Yibing Sun, Luhang Sun, Mengyu Li and Hyerin Kwon published their article "Think Global, Act Local”: How #MeToo Hybridized Across Borders and Platforms for Contextual Relevance" in Communication & Society.
Professor Dhavan Shah, alum Sang Jung Kim (PhD'23) and PhD students Yibing Sun and Mengyu Li published their article "Building an ICCN Multimodal Classifier of Aggressive Political Debate Style: Towards a Computational Understanding of Candidate Performance Over Time" in Communication Methods and Measures.

Vilas Hall Happenings

The latest happenings at the SJMC and links for easy sharing with your networks.

Student Spotlight: Marin Rosen

Marin Rosen is a junior with concentrations in reporting and strategic communication. Marin is currently interning for News 3 Now / Channel 3000 and running the Badger Beat, a social media platform aimed at making news more relatable and accessible to students.

Upcoming Events

October 9 & 10: CCCR Conference – Local News in American Civic Life

Join the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal for their fall conference, Local News in American Civil Life, on October 9 and 10 at the Pyle Center. More information to come.

October 15: Morgridge Center Education for Democracy Panel and Discussion

Join the Morgridge Center on Tuesday, October 15 from 5:30–8 p.m. for a panel featuring SJMC professor Hernando Rojas. The panel will focus on the role of higher education in supporting democracy and how our institutions can prepare students to be informed and engaged citizens. Learn more and register for the panel.

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