Research News

Scholars at the School of Communication and Information take an interdisciplinary approach to research that spans the fields of information science, library studies, communication, journalism and media studies.

Honoring John Lewis on the 60th Anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” March to Selma

“Lewis’s heroism was central to the Selma campaign in 1965, and he also was the one who did the most to keep Selma alive in popular memory in the last few decades, through these pilgrimages. So he really is the person with whom the campaign is most associated,” said SC&I and History Professor David Greenberg, author of “John Lewis: A Life.”

New Special Issue of Information and Learning Sciences: "Learning with Social Media in an Algorithmic Age: Opportunities and Challenges for Education"

The journal special issue puts a spotlight on commercial social media's increasing presence in both formal and informal education and its role in "incidental and purposeful learning." The co-editors and authors explore how social media algorithms — the systems driving what content and ads appear when visitors use the app — can expand, disrupt, and constrain how people learn.