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Graduate Student News 30 May 2019

Fernández Wins 2019 IAMCR Urban Communication Research Grant

Fernández’s project conceptualizes corner stores as embodiments of Latinx immigrant identity and border-making.

Culture & Media

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Faculty News 23 May 2019

New Annenberg Presidential Associate Professor Sarah J. Jackson Studies Narratives of Race and Gender in the Media

Jackson is interested in which voices in the media shape and frame racial and gender politics.

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Faculty News 19 Jul 2018

Desmond Patton Receives Award from the Society for Social Work and Research

The Early Career Achievement Award recognizes the beginning of Dr. Patton's research career in the field of social work.

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Faculty News 18 Jul 2018

New Study: Responses to Grief Predict Aggressive Tweets Among Gang-Involved Chicago Youth

An analysis of thousands of tweets identified two main themes in Twitter usage among gang-involved youth in Chicago.

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Undergraduate News 13 May 2018

Doug Glanville's Communication, Sports, and Social Justice Class Takes Field Trip to Phillies' Stadium

The behind-the-scenes tour of Citizens Bank Park served as a culmination of the semester long course.

Culture & Media

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Research 26 Apr 2018

Black-Oriented Films Can Be Highly Profitable When Marketed to All Audiences, Study Finds

New research shows that the success of Black Panther may not be an outlier.

Culture & Media

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Faculty News 2 Nov 2017

Is Social Media Surveillance the Virtual Stop-and-Frisk?

A new study by Desmond Patton develops a theory of everyday racism in digital policing.

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Faculty News 13 May 2017

Intervening in Gang Violence

Columbia's interdisciplinary research team is using language processing and qualitative analysis of social media posts to develop a mechanism to identify and intervene in gang violence.

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Faculty News 12 Apr 2017

Austin Lecture 2017: Social Workers Need to Understand Impact of Cyber-interaction on Adolescents

The future of social work embraces technology and uses it as a tool to better engage with and understand young clients.

Graduate Student News 24 Mar 2017

Forbush Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Forbush will receive three years of funding to conduct individual research.

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