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.
A new study by Ph.D. alumna Jinkyung Katie Park and Associate Professor Vivek K. Singh examining bias in mobile phone-based mental health assessment algorithms has found their performance can vary significantly depending on gender.
One of the study’s most important findings is that disaster recovery is not simply based on phases, but that time itself is an organizing mechanism of resilience processes. Staff members’ sense of urgency induced them to work even as they left their homes or worried about flooding.
For Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, we asked members of the Rutgers faculty to share reflections on their identities, the complexities of the diaspora and some of the most pressing issues facing those within it.
One of three witnesses to present evidence, Aronczyk said she drew on research from her recent book, “A Strategic Nature: Public Relations and the Politics of American Environmentalism.”
A new study reveals neither host country fully utilized virtual reality to promote the games and promote national branding and adds to the theoretical discussions on the role VR plays in sports journalism and sports public relations and provides practical recommendations on the use of virtual reality during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both undergraduate and graduate students expanded their academic knowledge, field experience, and understanding of European cultures this past spring and summer by taking study abroad classes taught by SC&I faculty through Rutgers Global.
Associate Professor Charles Senteio is co-leading a study aiming to evaluate the effectiveness of social media ads promoting health information that are created by members of the communities they are targeting with the messaging, compared with ads created by government and health organizations.
The SC&I-based HCI Lab studies human behaviors, creates new computing technologies, and evaluates the use of new systems in real world settings to address critical issues relating to healthcare, everyday wellbeing, and environmental sustainability.
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.
