Cox International Center
Cox International
Center
The James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research is dedicated to international outreach and research in mass communication, media, and journalism.
About
The James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research (Cox International Center or “Cox Center”) is one of the fully established units in the United States dedicated to international outreach and research in mass communication, media, and journalism. Named after the late James M. Cox, Jr. – chairman of the board of Cox Enterprises – the Cox International Center began operations in 1985. Since 1990, the Center has been supported by annual contributions of the Jim Cox Jr. Foundation of Atlanta as a living memorial to James M. Cox, Jr.
The mission of the Center is to empower communication and media insights worldwide, including the promotion of free and independent press and the vital roles of communication in all aspects of business and society. To foster this mission, the Center has hosted numerous international groups of professionals, international journalism educators, and journalists from over 48 countries. Fulbright scholars, Muskie Fellows, Freedom Support Act and IREX Fellows, and Edward Murrow Fellows have been among the visiting scholars.
The Communication and Media (CAM) Fellows Program – operated in the Cox Center – has hosted more than 100 international fellows and visiting scholars since 2008 for their research and training in various fields related to media, journalism, media technology, media policy, and communication of businesses, public sectors, and governments.
History of the Cox International Center
The James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research began operations in 1985, with the approval of Dr. Fred Davison, President of the University of Georgia. In 1990, the Center was named for the late James M. Cox Jr., chairman of the Board of Cox Enterprises and a major figure in the communications industry in the United States in the twentieth century.
Since 1990, the Cox Center has been supported by the annual contributions of the Jim Cox Jr. Foundation of Atlanta as a living memorial to James M. Cox Jr.
The Cox Center is a unit of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, one of the oldest and most respected journalism schools in the United States and is fully accredited. The University of Georgia is the country’s oldest land-grant institution, chartered in 1785.
Since its inception, the Center has conducted more than 130 training programs involving countries all over the world, published numerous research and technical reports, and conducted research on a variety of topics related to the practice of journalism, media, and communication.
The Cox Center was created through the initiative of Dr. Al Hester. Dr. Hester was director of the Center until he retired from the University of Georgia in 1997. Dr. Lee B. Becker served as director of the Cox Center from 1997 until his retirement in 2017. Becker brought the Annual Surveys of Journalism and Mass Communication, which provide data on the U.S. journalism labor market. The surveys were conducted at the Center for nearly two decades. Dr. Jooyoung Kim, a Professor of advertising, and Dan Magill Professor in Sports Communications, who founded the Grady Business and Public Communication Fellows Program, is the director of the Center. Dr. Tudor Vlad, previously director, now serves as executive director.
About James M. Cox
James M. Cox, Jr. became the chairman of Cox Enterprises and Cox Broadcasting Corporation after his father James M. Cox died in 1957. Cox graduated from Yale University in 1928 and joined the Dayton Daily News as a reporter, later becoming general manager and assistant publisher of the paper. He saw active duty in World War II, rising to the rank of Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy.
After his father died in 1957, Cox assumed leadership of the Cox business and initiated a series of acquisitions beginning with three small cable systems, setting course for the company to become a cable-TV empire. He was married to Betty Gage Lippitt and died in 1974 at the age of 71.
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Dr. Jooyoung Kim
Executive Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research; Dan Magill Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Sports Communications; Professor
Dr. Ivanka Pjesivac
Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research; Associate Professor
Faculty
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Tudor Vlad
Executive Director of the Cox International Center, Senior Research Scientist
About: Dr. Vlad’s research focuses on media challenges in emerging democracies and impact of midcareer training programs for journalists. He conducted workshops for journalists around the world. Education Ph.D. Philology, […]
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Jooyoung Kim
Executive Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research; Dan Magill Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Sports Communications; Professor
About Dr. Kim is the executive director of the Cox International Center and the executive director of the Cox Center CAM Fellows Program. His research focuses on the interaction between […]
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Ted T. Kim
CAM Program and Research Manager
About Dr. Ted Kim manages and coordinates the programming and administrative aspects of the Communication and Media (CAM) Fellows Program at the Cox International Center. His duties include providing instructional, […]
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Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn
Director of the CACHE Lab; Professor
About: Dr. Ahn teaches undergraduate-level research methods, graduate-level user experience research, communication theory, and advertising and society. Her research examines how social media, video/internet games, and immersive virtual environments influence […]
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Yan Jin
C. Richard Yarbrough Professor in Crisis Communication Leadership; Professor of Public Relations; Director of Crisis Communication Think Tank; Associate Director of Center for Health & Risk Communication
About Dr. Yan Jin currently teaches undergraduate Crisis Communication course and graduate Crisis Communication and Strategic Conflict Management, ADPR Theory, and Mass Communication Theory courses. Her primary research programs are […]
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Joseph Watson
Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications
Joseph Watson, Jr. is the inaugural Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications at Grady College. In this role, Watson oversees the first program in the nation to provide […]
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Kyser Lough
Associate Professor
About: Dr. Lough studies visual communication and solutions journalism, with an emphasis on photojournalism. He teaches graduate-level visual communication method & theory, as well as undergraduate photography and journalism ethics […]
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Tom Cullen
Lecturer
About Originally from the United Kingdom, Tom Cullen specializes in teaching public relations writing and communication. Cullen also serves as Program Manager to the Crisis Communication Coalition (CCC). View Curriculum […]
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