Programs › Syracuse, NY
Studies the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social demands of interactive media such as video games, social media, and extended reality, and their roles in learning and well-being.
Practices and teaches magazine and health journalism, writing memoir and science journalism on food, eating disorders, body image, and family estrangement.
Studies how people process and respond to persuasive health and risk messages in mass media, social media, and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, often using experiments.
Studies digital magazines and journalism education, drawing on experience as a magazine editor and expertise on the journalism industry.
Focuses on screenwriting and producing, writing practical books on comedy blockbusters, video game narrative writing, and short scripts.
Produces documentaries and studies Indian cinema and human rights media, with a focus on South Asian storytelling and diaspora communities.
Studies communications law and the First Amendment, including free speech, freedom of information, student speech, and relations between courts and journalists.
Practices and teaches photographic portraiture and image-making across editorial, documentary, and commercial photography.
Studies public relations management, internal communication, CSR and corporate social advocacy campaigns, and the role of AI and social media in public relations.
Focuses on investigative and political journalism, communications law, and standards of fairness and transparency in public media.
Studies communication technology development and evaluation, health communication, media processes and effects, public relations, and cognition in decision-making.
Studies CSR and corporate social advocacy communication, authenticity, and ethical issues in campaigns that use social media and AI, from fake news to brand safety and health risks.
Studies the impact and responsible use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies in media and public relations, co-directing a synthetic media lab.
Examines how entertainment and sports media reinforce and challenge power, focusing on gender, sport fandom, and media discourses about intersex and transgender athletes.
Studies race and media, media literacy, implicit bias reduction, data justice, and intersectionality through critical media effects research and community-engaged scholar-activism.
Focuses on media production in K-12 education, using filmmaking with teachers and students to support visual storytelling and urban school reform.
Studies television and popular culture, including the history of prime-time television series.
Focuses on data and investigative journalism, using databases and public records for accountability reporting.
Studies global journalism, political media effects, and public perceptions of news media in democracy through cross-national surveys and the American Journalist survey of U.S. journalists.
Studies how journalists and newsrooms use social media and mobile devices, including newsroom social media policies and the influence of user-generated content on editorial decisions.
Studies the intersection of media law and technology, including First Amendment, intellectual property, internet, and social media law.
Studies campaign strategy, political knowledge, partisan polarization, and local news, including how changes in local newspaper coverage can slow polarization and rebuild trust.
Applies machine learning to predict television audience retention and uses psychophysiological measures to study implicit responses to branded content.
Focuses on entertainment law and transactional practice in the film, music, and new media industries, including intellectual property and clearance.
Focuses on visual journalism, photography, video, and multimedia and interactive storytelling, and develops new tools for visual education and professional media workflows.
Studies how media shape implicit biases and stereotypes of social groups, especially how language reveals cognition about difference, using quantitative and qualitative methods.
Focuses on arts and cultural journalism and criticism, especially theater criticism and the history of Broadway musicals.
Draws on social media management and social listening experience to study social media and digital advocacy, including virtual gay-straight alliances.
Studies monetization, distribution, and financing of content across the television, film, and streaming industries, drawing on entertainment law and business practice.
Designs interactive and visual communication projects on global development, human rights, and atrocities through long-term collaborations in Liberia, South Africa, Israel, and Palestine.
Studies the sociology of U.S. newsrooms and the business and craft of news, using annual surveys of local TV newsrooms and audience research on short-form video news.
Focuses on visual effects and post-production practice for film and television, including VFX workflows and mentorship of artists.
Examines how media affect identity, attitudes, and behaviors and how people use media to express themselves and connect, combining social psychology and critical media studies.
Focuses on civic and participatory journalism, data journalism, government reporting, and public records, with listed expertise in Q methodology.
Studies Asian American representation and identity in popular and digital culture, othering in Korean media, and diasporic reception of Korean popular culture.
Studies how media and communication can improve the health and well-being of teens and young adults, developing and evaluating campaigns on sexual health, HPV vaccination, and sexual violence.
Studies how generative AI is reshaping the media business and professional practice, and how colleges and universities use social media for branding and recruitment.
Studies public diplomacy practice, diplomatic identity, and place branding, using Q methodology to examine U.S. citizens' views of diplomacy and how practitioners from different nations perceive the profession.
Focuses on data and investigative journalism, public records, and accountability reporting on government, crime, and the courts.
Designs motion graphics and augmented reality experiences, exploring how AR can help overcome learning disabilities and how design can serve social good.
Practices and teaches photo, video, and multimedia documentary storytelling, drawing on international photojournalism across nearly 80 countries.
Studies the political implications of incivility in mediated and interpersonal discourse and how people's attachments to U.S. states shape their political behavior.
Researches generational change in media and culture and how technology reshapes storytelling for creators and audiences across text, audio, and video.
Examines the integration of artificial intelligence and data science into advertising and business marketing, drawing on industry experience in campaign and media analytics.
Examines how contemporary art, experimental music, and sound address political economy, technology, race, gender, and sexuality using critical and interpretive humanities methods.
Studies popular music, emotion, and digital culture, especially how popular music is used in responses to disaster and collective trauma, along with media representation and music history.
Examines intersections of journalism, newsroom leadership, media representation, sports communication, and journalism education, with a focus on television news production.
Studies how governments use video games for strategic communication, discourses of AI, and executive communication, using interviews, grounded theory, and critical analysis.
Focuses on screenwriting craft and practice for film and television, drawing on professional experience selling and developing feature scripts.
Studies news coverage of post-9/11 War on Terror infrastructures and their effects on young Muslims, drawing on data- and documents-based investigative reporting.
Bridges privacy law and media psychology, experimentally testing regulatory and design solutions for protecting privacy in emerging technologies such as emotion AI.
Writes cultural criticism and journalism on music and popular culture, with interests in identity, diaspora, and queer Muslim communities.
Studies social media influencer marketing, how influencer source factors shape consumer attitudes in fashion, and multicultural marketing among ethnic consumers.
Focuses on sports documentary and sports content production for social platforms, drawing on professional work with NFL Films and college athletics.
Focuses on screenwriting and series development for television and streaming, drawing on professional writing experience.
Applies educational research and a cultural and developmental lens to children's media, educational technology, digital games and toys, and media literacy.
Focuses on broadcast and digital storytelling and international news reporting, with academic training in education and technology management.
Studies television newsroom dynamics, including newsgathering routines, burnout, mentorship, and leadership, as well as sports media coverage.
Advocates for community-wide digital literacy and more accountable digital advertising, drawing on industry experience in media planning and social media marketing.
Explores how emerging technologies such as generative AI and virtual production are changing how visual stories are conceived, created, and taught in cinematography.
Studies the purpose and effects of crisis communication, using experiments to test how message strategies shape stakeholder trust and emotions, including during disinformation crises.
Takes a psychological approach to strategic communication, studying resilience, crisis recovery, and information processing in public relations and health risk communication.
Uses documentary photography and film to explore cultural heritage, environmental change, and human resilience, including how heritage sites adapt to climate change.
Studies extended reality in education, creating XR learning content and examining remote instruction and how technology fosters student creativity.