International Journal of Communication: Special Issue Call for Papers: “Presidential Debates Across the Americas: Analyzing Candidate Performance in Hybrid Media Settings” Guest editors: Dhavan V. Shah, University of Wisconsin Madison Martin Echeverría, Autonomous University of …
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Professor Dhavan Shah Awarded WARF Named Professorship
Dhavan Shah, Maier-Bascom Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been named the Jack M. McLeod Professor of Communication Research through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Named Professorship award. The WARF named professorship …
Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR) Launches Standalone Website
With the growth of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR) from working groups within the MCRC — specifically, Civic Culture and Contentious Politics and Consumer Culture and Civic Participation (CCCP) — into a free-standing …
New article from CCCR “Red Media vs. Blue Media: Social Distancing and Partisan News Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
The Center for Communication and Civic Renewal explores the relationship between partisan media use and social distancing behavior related to COVID-19.
New Wisconsin and National Surveys on Political News and Conversation Find Big Party Differences
A new UW-Madison report has found that 27% of Wisconsin Republicans and 14% of Wisconsin Democrats reside in partisan bubbles, where they do not regularly hear opposing perspectives in news or political conversations.
New Survey on Wisconsin’s Civic and Political Life Finds Deep Fractures, but also Common Ground for Civic Renewal
A new report from the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal found deep fractures in Wisconsin political life as well as political common ground and opportunities for civic renewal.
New CCCR article “Ideology and COVID-19 Vaccination Intention: Perceptual Mediators and Communication Moderators”
New article “Ideology and COVID-19 Vaccination Intention: Perceptual Mediators and Communication Moderators” in the Journal of Health Communication from the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Abstract Widespread COVID-19 vaccination is critical to slow the spread of …
Team receives $5 million award to continue research on misinformation correction
The award will allow researchers to further develop Course Correct, a precision tool providing journalists with guidance against misinformation. MADISON, Wis. – A team of researchers that developed Course Correct, a tool to help journalists …
New book from CCCR “Battleground: Asymmetric communication ecologies and the erosion of civil society in Wisconsin”
New book “Battleground: Asymmetric communication ecologies and the erosion of civil society in Wisconsin” from authors in the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal, including Lew Friedland, Dhavan Shah, Mike Wagner, Kathy Cramer, Chris Wells …
Professor Dhavan Shah Receives ICA B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award
At their 72nd Annual Conference in Paris France, the International Communication Association (ICA) awarded its B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award to SJMC Maier-Bascom Professor Dhavan Shah. Since 1988, the B. Aubrey Fisher Award has been …