Latest news in the Research category from CMCI.


A.I.-generated image of Mickey Mouse toting a gun that came out of a violin case.

The mouse is out, and running loose on A.I.

Jan. 3, 2024

Generative A.I. tools and copyright law are intersecting in the 1928 “Steamboat Willie” cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. An expert in tech ethics says it’s just the start.

Headlines from recent mass shootings overlaid on top of an illustration of a gun.

Thoughts and prayers? In mass shootings, reporters need to think compassion and care

Dec. 11, 2023

There’s no playbook for covering mass shootings. But that may soon change, as Elizabeth Skewes studies how the media can tell the right story—by being more considerate to victims and survivors.

Jo Marras Tate

Biology tells a story about the natural world. What about communication?

Nov. 9, 2023

Jo Marras Tate studied biology to work in science. She got her PhD in communication in order to mediate change.

Steven Frost in front of a Pride flag he created that's on display in the  Art Museum.

For professor and textile artist, real-world voices offer purls of wisdom

Oct. 26, 2023

Weaving is a fitting love of Steven Frost, whose work as an artist and professor is all about tying seemingly disparate things together.

A woman takes a conference call in her home office. Two computer screens are filled with the headshots of participants.

In building trust at work, is there room for Zoom?

Sept. 26, 2023

Zoom’s CEO said remote work limits trust and innovation, but CMCI experts said such tools can be effective—if applied correctly.

The aftermath of the Boulder floods of 2013. A damaged road is in the foreground as debris churns through the creek.

At the X-roads: Twitter’s ‘devolution’ may affect response to next major storm

Aug. 29, 2023

The 2013 flood in Boulder struck at a time when social media was beginning a major shift away from the altruism seen in previous disasters.

Ashley Carter accepts her best paper award from a woman onstage at the conference.

Paper trail: With impressive research output, CMCI becoming ‘one of the best-represented programs’ at influential media conference

Aug. 16, 2023

CMCI earned seven Best Paper Awards at the 2023 AEJMC conference in the college’s continued strong showing at this influential event.

A stack of newspapers.

Is it Times for limits on A.I. and the news?

Aug. 14, 2023

A CMCI expert explains why The New York Times is preventing ChatGPT from scraping its site—at the same time The Associated Press signed a deal with OpenAI.

Rick Stevens speaks at a conference table, surrounded by GI Joe and Transformers action figures.

Stand-up comics: At Fan Expo, exploring how superheroes reflect, inform cultural values

Aug. 1, 2023

CMCI’s unique media studies programs are challenging students to become critics of culture and “kind of as evangelists” for improving society.

A modern laptop and an old-fashioned typewriter side by side on a wooden desktop.

This just in(novation): NSF grant is good news for researchers studying journalism, recommender systems

July 6, 2023

A CMCI researcher is part of a team that received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to study how recommender systems shape the news we see online.

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