Researchers in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received $1 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the Center for Communication and Civic …
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Professor Young Mie Kim and SJMC Graduate Student Co-Authors Win Kaid-Sanders Award for Best Political Communication Article of the Year
Young Mie Kim and her co-authors, which included SJMC graduate students, won the Kaid-Sanders Award for the best article of the year on political communication from the Political Communication Division of the International Communication Association. The article is titled, “The …
SJMC Team Wins Top Paper Award
SJMC Team Wins Top Paper Award Studying “The Temporal Turn in Communication Research” School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) faculty and students won a top paper award from the Computational Methods Interest Group of …
Civic Culture and Contentious Politics Research Group to be Featured at International Conference
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Civic Culture and Contentious Politics research group’s studies of how the contemporary communication ecology affects contentious politics is being featured at the 69th International Communication Association Conference in Washington, D.C. from May …
SJMC Research Team Answers, “What Makes Wisconsin Swing?”
What makes Wisconsin a swing state, and what causes some voters to split their ballots, voting for some Republicans and some Democrats? Mike Wagner, Jiyoun Suk, and other members of the Communication and Civic Renewal …
SJMC Faculty and Students Reveal Wisconsin Wants Nonpartisan Redistricting
As a collaborative group of SJMC faculty and graduate students wrote, “Legislative redistricting is one of the most important — and most contentious — issues in Wisconsin. Voters and democratic theorists alike are uncomfortable with the idea …
Assistant Professor Lindsay Palmer Named 2019 Emerging Scholar
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) named SJMC Assistant Professor Lindsay Palmer a 2019 Emerging Scholar. This national honor recognizes Palmer’s most recently published book, Becoming the Story: War Correspondents Since …
SJMC Political Communication Project Wins Additional Grant Support
After securing a prestigious UW2020 grant of $411,000 from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Discovery Initiative in May, SJMC professors Lew Freidland, Dhavan Shah and Mike Wagner have secured additional funding for their major research …
Multiple SJMC Faculty and Students Recognized for Outstanding Research at AEJMC Conference
SJMC faculty and graduate students came away with multiple recognitions for outstanding research and teaching at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Washington D.C., August 5-9. Lindsay …
Professor Young Mie Kim Provided Expertise on Internet Disclaimer Rulemaking Before the Federal Election Commission
Dr. Young Mie Kim, a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, testified in front of the Federal Elections Commission at a public hearing on June 27 in …