The latest news and stories from the College of Media, Communication and Information.

 

A woman takes a conference call in her home office. Two computer screens are filled with the headshots of participants.
In building trust at work, is there room for Zoom?

Sept. 26, 2023

Zoom’s CEO said remote work limits trust and innovation, but CMCI experts said such tools can be effective—if applied correctly.

The aftermath of the Boulder floods of 2013. A damaged road is in the foreground as debris churns through the creek.
At the X-roads: Twitter’s ‘devolution’ may affect response to next major storm

Aug. 29, 2023

The 2013 flood in Boulder struck at a time when social media was beginning a major shift away from the altruism seen in previous disasters.

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‘A dream come true’: New faculty bring experience, enthusiasm to CMCI

Aug. 17, 2023

From thought leadership in high-tech fields to owning successful small businesses, CMCI’s newest professors are poised to create incredible impact.

Ashley Carter accepts her best paper award from a woman onstage at the conference.
Paper trail: With impressive research output, CMCI becoming ‘one of the best-represented programs’ at influential media conference

Aug. 16, 2023

CMCI earned seven Best Paper Awards at the 2023 AEJMC conference in the college’s continued strong showing at this influential event.

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Is it Times for limits on A.I. and the news?

Aug. 14, 2023

A CMCI expert explains why The New York Times is preventing ChatGPT from scraping its site—at the same time The Associated Press signed a deal with OpenAI.

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Mimesis Documentary Festival returns to Boulder for its fourth year

Aug. 7, 2023

The Mimesis Documentary Festival, which is hosted by the College of Media, Communication and Information’s Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media, invites the general public and CU Boulder community to attend screenings, workshops and more from Aug. 15 through 20.

Rick Stevens speaks at a conference table, surrounded by GI Joe and Transformers action figures.
Stand-up comics: At Fan Expo, exploring how superheroes reflect, inform cultural values

Aug. 1, 2023

CMCI’s unique media studies programs are challenging students to become critics of culture and “kind of as evangelists” for improving society.

The city of Boulder and CU campus as the sun comes up.
Twitter’s twilight? As social landscape shifts, a chance for cities to rethink tech’s role in creating community

July 20, 2023

The Aug. 8 conference will explore how technology can be used to encourage stronger community development.

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Journalists from top media outlets headline new class of Scripps fellows

July 11, 2023

The incoming Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at CU Boulder bring experience from the world’s most prestigious media outlets and include reporters, producers, documentary filmmakers and more.

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This just in(novation): NSF grant is good news for researchers studying journalism, recommender systems

July 6, 2023

A CMCI researcher is part of a team that received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to study how recommender systems shape the news we see online.

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