August 2022 - News Articles

The American Library Association scholarship will provide Pitter with financial support for graduate school, and many other benefits.

Based on a decade of research, a new Rutgers study finds that social media use can de-escalate and even prevent gun and gang violence in America’s urban neighborhoods.

The research team’s goal is to better understand health outcomes among prostate cancer patients based upon their communication with their healthcare team and support people during cancer treatment appointments.

“I will always credit the JMS major for my excellent writing skills. I’m confident in my writing, I can tell a story in a way that’s effective, and I do a lot of that in my work,” Dean Traxler said.

Chayko will teach, mentor, and reside among Honors College students, and focus this year on helping first-year first-generation honors students explore the rich array of academic and research opportunities at Rutgers.

New Rutgers research has found when politicians, newscasters, public speakers, or people engaged in private conversations make a mistake, they will use a communicative process known as over-exposed self-correction to manage errors that may be (mis)construed as revealing their problematic or amoral attitudes or egregious lapses in competence.

Jordan Meyers MCM’21, COM’20, a program assistant and adjunct lecturer at SC&I, always dreamed of following in her parents’ footsteps and becoming a Scarlet Knight.

Take advantage of the program’s diversity of classes. Being able to familiarize yourself with the different facets of communication and media allows you to narrow down areas that hold your interest. Studying what you enjoy makes you a well-rounded and knowledgeable candidate when applying to jobs.

A lack of resources, institutional resistance, and the inability to target library practices around misinformation impeded the ability of New Jersey public library staff to address pandemic misinformation, according to a new study by Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Britt Paris.

Roy Woods Jr. MCM'21 recently accepted a new position as the Director of Communications at Springpoint, one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest nonprofit providers of residential and home-based services and programs for seniors. He credits the Master of Communication and Media program for preparing him to be in a leadership position and providing an excellent platform for developing his communications skills.

SC&I faculty and students are attending and presenting research at the 105th Annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference from August 3–6 in Detroit, Michigan.