Cox International Center

Cox Center CAM Fellows

In the constantly changing global media environment, professionals and researchers alike must stay current. Continuous research, knowledge updating, and practice are essential. To meet this critical need, the James M. Cox, Jr., Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research (Cox International Center) designed the Communication and Media (CAM) Fellows Program. Formerly known as the Business and Public Communication (BPC) Fellows Program, the CAM program provides experienced communication and media professionals with opportunities to update and develop their knowledge. Leaders across business, government, non-profit sectors, and the press can access a world-class educational and research setting through the Cox International Center.The Cox International Center is housed in Grady College at the University of Georgia. The Center is one of the fully established units in the United States dedicated to international outreach and research in mass communication, media, and journalism. Established in 1915 and accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC), Grady College is a research and education leader in journalism and mass communication. The Grady College faculty comprises internationally renowned scholars and respected industry professionals. The College is home to several prominent centers and institutes, including the Peabody Awards, widely recognized as the most prestigious award in electronic journalism.

Research at the Cox International Center

The Cox Center conducts and supports research for its mission to empower communication and media insights worldwide. Our research efforts promote free and independent media systems around the world and ascertain the vital roles of communication in all aspects of business and society. These efforts have continuously provided insights into and intelligence on media and communication in the ever-changing media environment.

Topics have included the roles of the media in democratization, international news coverage structure, and the U.S. labor market in journalism and mass communication. Recent projects have expanded the capacity of the Cox Center through interdisciplinary projects examining how communication phenomena such as advertising, public relations, entertainment, sports, and marketing communications through new and emerging media impact audience perceptions, opinions, and behaviors.

As such, the Cox Center’s research continues to produce insights into how people communicate with organizations, businesses, and their societies. This has also unveiled an understanding of how – inversely – organizations, businesses, and societies communicate with people. Recent research projects conducted, presented at international conferences, or published by researchers at the Cox Center and their collaborators through the support of the Cox Center can be found on the news pages.

The findings and insights from the research are then shared through publications, presentations at conferences, and experiential seminars for the visiting researchers and fellows, including the CAM Fellows.

GRANTS

On June 25, 2019, the Cox International Center was awarded $250,000 from the U.S. Department of State (through the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia) to train Georgian journalists. Several universities and other organizations applied for this competitive grant issued under the funding opportunity titled Media Education Program (MEP) DOS-GEO-19-CA-001-040119.