research
- Generative A.I. tools and copyright law are intersecting in the 1928 “Steamboat Willie” cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. An expert in tech ethics says it’s just the start.
- There’s no playbook for covering mass shootings. But that may soon change, as Elizabeth Skewes studies how the media can tell the right story—by being more considerate to victims and survivors.
- Jo Marras Tate studied biology to work in science. She got her PhD in communication in order to mediate change.
- Weaving is a fitting love of Steven Frost, whose work as an artist and professor is all about tying seemingly disparate things together.
- Zoom’s CEO said remote work limits trust and innovation, but CMCI experts said such tools can be effective—if applied correctly.
- The 2013 flood in «Ƶ struck at a time when social media was beginning a major shift away from the altruism seen in previous disasters.
- CMCI earned seven Best Paper Awards at the 2023 AEJMC conference in the college’s continued strong showing at this influential event.
- A CMCI expert explains why The New York Times is preventing ChatGPT from scraping its site—at the same time The Associated Press signed a deal with OpenAI.
- CMCI’s unique media studies programs are challenging students to become critics of culture and “kind of as evangelists” for improving society.
- A CMCI researcher is part of a team that received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to study how recommender systems shape the news we see online.