Four months into the Trump presidency, a new UW-Madison survey report finds surprising insights on how Americans think about Trump’s first 100 days.
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Graduate Student Highlight: Abby Qin
Ph.D. student Abby Youran Qin won AEJMC’s Top Student Paper Award for her research on democratic attitudes and the role of right-wing media in the United States. She reflected on the award, shared insights from her academic journey and offered advice for future scholars.
Graduate Student Highlight: Yanshu Sybil Wang
PhD student Yanshu Sybil Wang was recently awarded the Fall Mini Fellowship from the UW–Madison Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies to support her research on AI literacy and its impact on adolescents.
2024 Election Survey Profiles the American Voter
A new UW-Madison survey report on American voters found surprising insights on what drove votes in the closest national vote for president since 2000. The survey found big gaps in partisan attitudes toward equity and prejudice in American society, consistent with past research by the research team and other scholars.
2024 Midwest Battleground Survey Shows What Divided Partisans in Key Swing States
A new Center for Communication and Civic Renewal survey report on voters in Midwest battleground states found surprising insights on the partisan divides that shaped voting patterns in critical Midwest battleground states.
Graduate Research Round-Up: Spring 2024
Our graduate program prepares students to conduct field-leading research and many of our students publish their work to major communication research journals throughout their time at the SJMC. Check out some of the research published by our students in spring 2024.
SJMC Graduate Students and Faculty Attend AEJMC 2024 Conference
From August 7-11, faculty and graduate students from the SJMC will be traveling to Philadelphia to attend the AEJMC 2024 Annual Conference. Check out all of our student and faculty presentations and panels.
MCRC Research Team Awarded Research Forward Grant for Artificial Intelligence Terrarium
A team of researchers from the Mass Communication Research Center has been awarded the Research Forward grant to assist in the completion of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Terrarium.
Vilas Insider Newsletter Spring 2024
The J-School’s Spring 2024 Vilas Insider newsletter will arrive in mailboxes soon and digital versions of the stories are available with additional content.
PhD Student Jisoo Kim Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship
PhD student Jisoo Kim was selected as a 2024 recipient of a Dissertation Fellowship by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi which is designed to support active Society members in the dissertation writing stage of doctoral study.