College of Journalism and Mass Communications Research News

College roommates turn co-authors with 'Upside Down is Right Side Up'

Jul 25 2024 - 3:00pm

A fifteen-minute conversation while taking the shuttle from East to City campus was all it took for Bridget Sims Lewis ('91, '12) and Racine Smith Williams ('89) to become fast friends.

Kirkpatrick selected for Research Development Fellows program

Oct 16 2021 - 7:15am

Ciera Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of advertising and public relations, was selected Oct. 15 to participate in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Development Fellows Program.

Richter produces audiobook for Ben Nelson

Oct 14 2021 - 2:45pm

Two months into starting her job as an assistant professor of practice at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications Kaci Richter had her first meeting with the University Nebraska Press.

Study explores how fans use social media to interact with college football recruits

Oct 5 2021 - 3:45pm

A recent study, “We Love You, We Hate You: Fan Twitter Response to Top College Football Recruits’ Decisions,” explores how fans interact with recruits before and after college commitments.

Study finds peer messages improve the chances of clinical trial participation

Sep 25 2021 - 2:00pm

A recent study, “Effects of Communication Source and Racial Representation in Clinical Trial Research,” published in Health Communication, found that messages from peers improved participants’ attitudes toward clinical trials and increased the intentions to participate in future trials.

Dean Veil named NSRI Fellow

May 25 2021 - 11:30am

Dean Shari Veil has been named a research fellow at the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska. NSRI Fellows will contribute their expertise, talent and foresight to build multidisciplinary teams that develop solutions for complex problems across the spectrum of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNe) threats.

Nebraska journalism professor investigates the lure of extremism

Apr 19 2021 - 2:15pm

About five years ago, Nebraska journalism professor Joseph Weber became intrigued by news accounts of young Somali Americans in Minnesota accused in a plot to join ISIS. In May 2016, he traveled to Minneapolis to attend the lengthy trial of three Somali-American men. That launched three years of research, including lengthy interviews with star witness Abdirahman Abdirashid Bashir, a 20-year-old diverted from the plot in the nick of time by his father and other relatives. Bashir became an FBI informant and avoided the harsh fates of some among a dozen who were once his friends: lengthy prison sentences or death in the Middle East.

Marron publishes second book "Misogyny across Global Media"

Mar 11 2021 - 2:45pm

"Misogyny across Global Media," Maria Marron’s second book in the Communicating Gender Series, has just been published by Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield. Marron, a professor of journalism in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, edited chapters from scholars worldwide and co-wrote a chapter on representations of misogyny in the Irish and English press.

Nebraska Governance and Technology Center student fellows announced

Nov 23 2020 - 7:30pm

The inaugural class of Nebraska Governance and Technology student fellows includes four students from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Alex Paun, Brandi Bue, Jasmine Alexander and Rafael Maschieri Bicudo will spend the 2020-2021 academic year researching the challenges of changing technology.

Marron’s book on misogyny and the media published

Dec 29 2019 - 10:00am

"Misogyny and Media in the Age of Trump," edited by Maria B. Marron, Ph.D., explores conservative populism ushered in by President Donald Trump that has given rise to the #MeToo Movement and Fourth Wave Feminism.

Book by CoJMC professor to be adapted into film

Oct 15 2019 - 2:00pm

by Molly Roe

A film about Chief Standing Bear, based on a book written by College of Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Joe Starita, is set to be filmed in Nebraska soon.

News Contacts