Announcements

The Center for Media Engagement welcomes Dr. Lucy Atkinson and Dr. Lee Ann Kahlor to the team! Read More

((POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE… Stay tuned for more details)) The Center for Media Engagement is thrilled to announce the inaugural Cognitive Security (COGSEC) Conference. The conference will be held at The University of Texas at Austin on August 13-14, 2020 in collaboration with Tim Hwang. The Cognitive Security Conference… Read More

Fake news posts and Twitter trolls were just the beginning. What will happen when misinformation moves from our social media feeds into our everyday lives? Read More

Under the direction of Dr. Samuel Woolley, our propaganda division will focus on how emergent technologies are used in and around global political communication. Read More

1. Build trust by using an “Explain Your Process” box. Audience trust is key to a newsroom’s success. But in this era of “fake news” and fading confidence in the media, it can be difficult to earn. We worked with Trusting News to show that adding a box that helps… Read More

Attending the NCA Convention? Don’t miss these presentations by our CME team members. Thursday, November 14 The Impact of Relationship Quality and Partisan In-group/Out-group Perception on Perceived Interpersonal Competence in Political Conversation 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM, Baltimore Convention Center, Room 343 Although rational-choice models of political behavior provide more sophisticated measurements… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement is thrilled to announce new roles for two of our team members. Gina Masullo Chen will move into the Associate Director position, taking on new responsibilities for project oversight, and Melody Avant will act as Assistant Director of Administration, expanding her role in directing human… Read More

Whether political or social, the divisions in our society seem to be growing swiftly and aggressively. And with these divides come new challenges in facilitating the exchange of information. The Center for Media Engagement proposes a new approach to tackling the issue: connective democracy. Supported by a five-year, $2.5 million… Read More

CME researchers are presenting on a variety of topics. Find one that interests you and check it out!   5/24 Friday  Pre-Conference Principles for Elevating Engaged Journalism on Social Media: Results from Practitioner and Scholar Interviews 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Talia Stroud & Tamar Wilner How Should Journalism Academics… Read More

Meet Rachel Moore, a Media Ethics Research Scholar for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Justin Pehoski, a Media Ethics Initiative Graduate Research Associate for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Michaela Urban, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Page Trotter, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Sharmeen Somani, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Grace Holland, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar and Advertising Intern for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Sophia Park, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Spring 2019. Read More

Meet Irie Crenshaw, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Spring 2019. Read More

1. Images and links at the bottom of the page help keep readers on your site.  Getting readers to stay on your site can be a challenge. Our research found a few ways you can encourage them to keep clicking:  Using an image with your links gets more clicks than just text  Putting links… Read More

The Center for Media Engagement is thrilled to announce two new additions to our team. Dr. Anthony Dudo and Dr. Scott R. Stroud will expand CME’s reach by taking our research in new directions. Dudo’s research focuses on science communication and Stroud’s work, which includes the Media Ethics… Read More

Meet Rachel Weisenthal, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Justin Pehoski, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Associate for 2018-2019. Read More

Meet Holland Smith, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Michael Sanchez, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Alex Purcell, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Colin Frick, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Colin Frick, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Oluwasemilore Adeoluwa, a Media Ethics Initiative Research Scholar for Fall 2018. Read More

Meet Bailey Sebastian, a Media Ethics Initiative Citizen Scholar for Spring 2018. Read More

Meet Jason Head, a Media Ethics Initiative Citizen Scholar for Spring 2018. Read More

We are happy to announce that Dr. Gina Masullo Chen has been appointed Assistant Director of the Center for Media Engagement. Gina is a former journalist and an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She is co-editor of Scandal in a Digital… Read More