For her honor's thesis, media production major Taylor Passios turned her apartment into an immersive exhibit to illuminate the role of online information overload in COVID-related hypochondria.
抖阴旅行射 Boulder CMCI students and faculty from four departments represented 16 divisions and interest groups during this year鈥檚 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, held virtually from Aug. 4 through 7.
From 抖阴旅行射 Boulder Today: Researchers (including Sandra Ristovska, assistant professor of media studies), share their expertise, examining four areas in which the U.S. has鈥撯�揳nd hasn鈥檛鈥撯�揷hanged this past year, and what it could mean for the future of social and political movements, education, policing and justice in America.
With the award of a $108,000 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Scholars and Society Fellowship, Assistant Professor Sandra Ristovska is undertaking the first rigorous publicly engaged research project to address the intricacies of 鈥渟eeing鈥� in court. Working in partnership with the American Bar Association鈥檚 Scientific Evidence Committee, her project will systematically examine the use of video as evidence in state and federal court trials (1990-2020) in criminal, immigration and American Indian law.
Harsha Gangadharbatla, associate professor of advertising at the College of Media, Communication and Information, is the newest president of the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) and the first University of Colorado Boulder professor to earn the title. Established in 1958, AAA鈥檚 mission is to provide a platform for its academic and professional members to exchange ideas that are relevant to the field of advertising. The organization has over 600 advertising scholars and professionals dedicated to advancing advertising knowledge and education globally.
For the next chapter in her career, Assistant Professor Casey Fiesler鈥撯�搘ho studies technology ethics, internet law and policy, and online communities鈥撯�搘ill launch a five-year research project on ethical speculation in technology design. Her work will be supported by a $549,513 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation鈥撯�搊ne of the most prestigious awards given to faculty in the early phases of their careers.
It鈥檚 inevitable that at some point we must all 鈥済et our affairs in order,鈥� and when we do, there are checklists, policies and professionals to help create everything from wills and trusts to advance directives. But a key element鈥撯�揼uidance surrounding technology and end-of-life planning鈥撯�搃s missing. Assistant Professor Jed Brubaker will work to close this gap through a five-year research project supported by a prestigious NSF CAREER grant.
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