Blog Archive

Laurena Bernabo, an assistant professor in the Department of Entertainment and Media Studies, won the Outstanding Published Article Award by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender at its annual conference in October. Her article, “Expanding Television’s Cultural Forum in the Digital Era: Prime Time Television, Twitter, and Black Lives Matter,” highlighted […]

The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has named the Yarbrough-Grady Fellows for fall 2020: Laura Burr, Sophia Haynes, Sarah McRae and Grant Mitchell. The Yarbrough-Grady Fellowship is a position that offers four students distinct opportunities to work with Grady College throughout each academic year. Burr and McRae work with the […]

The deadline for student applications has been extended to Nov. 8, 2020. Grady College and the Georgia Press Education Foundation have joined forces for Grady Digital Natives, a new and innovative program that connects college students and Georgia news organizations. The online Grady Digital Natives program will connect UGA journalism students with digital news expertise […]

What or who has had the biggest impact on your life during your time at UGA? My experience at The Red & Black has taught me how to be a journalist and why it’s important to write about issues impacting the community I live in. I have covered the university’s history of slavery, affordable housing […]

Details about the MFA Film program and the Dec. 1, 2020 application deadline can be viewed on the MFA Film website. As the application timeline opens for its second year, the University of Georgia’s Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Media announces a new addition: the start of the Distinguished Industry Mentor […]

Shira Chess, associate professor of entertainment and media studies, has studied video games for two decades and has observed many changes in the gaming industry. She knows how powerful the medium is and where it can grow to better serve society. In her new book, “Play Like A Feminist,” Chess encourages an expansive conversation about […]

Twelve journalism students were selected during the Fall semester as Cox-SABEW Fellows, a financial journalism training program offered through the University of Georgia’s James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership in partnership with the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). The Cox-SABEW Fellows for 2020 are: Alexis Brock, Allison […]

Natural wonders such as the Grand Canyon typically inspire feelings of awe. Consumer psychology researchers at the University of Georgia investigated whether or not those same feelings might be inspired by luxury brands and what that reveals about how consumers respond to advertising. The study, “Brand Awe: A Key Concept for Understanding Consumer Response to […]

Sponsored marketing efforts online can create less trust with consumers when consumers do not have clear understanding of the sponsorship terms. That is according to a study co-authored by Alexander Pfeuffer, assistant professor of advertising. The article, “Effects of different sponsorship disclosure message types on consumers’ trust and attitudes,”was published in International Journal of Advertising. […]

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication announced the selection of three Tieger Fellows for the fall of 2020: Sarah Geary, Melissa Hevener and Hannah Payne. The Tieger Fellowship supports the college’s first-in-the-nation Public Affairs Communications (PAC) program by enabling students to apply campaign skills learned in the classroom towards promoting […]