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COM in the news: November 2012
COM professors sought for commentary recently include: Election 2012/Politics Fred Bayles Director, State House Program Associate Professor, Journalism The Boston Herald, Media panel left holding the...
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COM in the News: February 2013
Media John Carroll Assistant Professor, Mass Communication WBUR’s “Here and Now”, Super Bowl Ads: Winners and Losers (2/4/13) Thomas Fiedler Dean, College of Communication Professor of the Practice,...
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COM in the News: March 2013
Advertising Chris Cakebread Master Lecturer Los Angeles Times, Honda splits its advertising account among three firms (3/19/13) John Verret Associate Professor, Advertising The New York Times, Why...
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COM in the News: April 2013
Faculty Books Richard Lehr Professor, Journalism The Somerville News, Exploring the ‘why’ of Whitey (5/21/13) Mitch Zuckoff Professor, Journalism USA Today, Frozen in time: An epic story of survival...
View ArticleCOM in the News: June 2013
Business Edward Boches Professor of the Practice, Advertising BostInno, Local Professor Weighs In on When Students Should Drop Out (6/5/13) Bloomberg, Apple’s TV Ads Touting Company Values Flop With...
View ArticleCOM in the News: February 2014
Advertising Edward Boches Professor of the practice, Advertising Time, Selling Schadenfreude: Inside the World of ‘Prankvertising’ (2/20/14) Time, Charity’s Freezing Child Ad Is Profoundly Touching...
View Article@comugrad wins Shorty Award
The College of Communication’s undergraduate Twitter handle @comugrad won the award for “Social Media’s Best Barnes & Noble College” in the sixth annual Shorty Awards. This category honors...
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Advertising Jacob Groshek Assistant Professor, Mass Communication ThinkProgress, How Ad Companies Can Ruin Selfies For Everyone (4/8/14) Business T. Barton Carter Chair, Department of Mass...
View ArticleStudy links social media use with dissatisfaction among couples
Time spent on social network sites such as Facebook could be an indicator of a failing marriage, according to a team of researchers that included Dr. James Katz, Feld Professor of Emerging Media at...
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FX Networks’ Chuck Saftler on #EverySimpsonsEver
Chuck Saftler (COM ’85), President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks, and “Simpsons World,” a premium interactive digital and online experience available on the FXNOW app for the modern TV...
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Women on Top with Jodi Luber
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a female CEO? To start a business from scratch, raise money from investors (as in, raise Venture Capital in Silicon Valley during the dot com boom when CEOs and...
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Media Ventures graduate student learns to “Win from Within”
Garima Sharma and Caitlyn Jenner Garima Sharma shares what she learned from MAKERS 2016, a 36-hour action-plan to nurture leaders of tomorrow. Dr. Seuss said, “There’s no limit to how much you’ll know,...
View ArticleStudy: Social media helps perpetuate misinformation about antimicrobial...
People who are active in posting and sharing information on social media can perpetuate misinformation about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a team of researchers from the Division of...
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COM Professor Mina Tsay-Vogel Sheds Light on Undergrad Facebook Habits
Photo by: Cydney Scott The hours young adults spend on social media networks every day influence their behavior and attitudes about privacy. Heavy social network users who read friends’ updates and...
View ArticlePhD in Emerging Media Studies Open House
Tuesday, November 29th 4pm – 5:30pm in COM 209 Our Division of Emerging Media Studies is hosting an Open House for all those interested in the PhD program. At this Open House, we will meet the...
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Binge-watching and Politics? Emerging Media Studies Research Connects the Two
Source: stock.tookapic.com Is binge-watching your favorite series effecting your political engagement? Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor, Emerging Media Studies and Sarah Krongard, Ph.D. student in...
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Alumni Profile: Samantha Middleton (COM ’16)
Meet recent grad, Samantha! Since graduating from the Emerging Media Studies master’s program this summer, Samantha has landed a job in an advertising agency in Downtown Boston. Interested in her...
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The Search for Truth in the Age of Social Media
As principal investigators on a yearlong Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant, Juliet Floyd, a CAS professor of philosophy, and James E. Katz, a COM professor of emerging media, will bring together...
View ArticleProf. Mina Tsay-Vogel talks about teaching students to think critically and...
BU COM’s Prof. Mina Tsay-Vogel talks about the importance of teaching students to be critical thinkers and understanding how we are impacted by media messages. Get more information on our graduate...
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