University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication

01/10/2025

The VII Foundation, Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop, and University of Iowa SJMC present, USA 3.0. Politics in the United States – forever intertwined with religion, culture, and actual governing – is at another inflection point that will dramatically impact the country going forward for years to come. To recognize this point, the visual journalists of the VII Foundation and their colleagues at the VII Community have been documenting the USA over the last several years. In this world of political division and divisiveness, USA 3.0 captures the struggles and serenity of the ever-changing temperatures of the United States political landscape.
Pre-order today at https://dailyiowan.com/usa-3-0/hvb

VII Foundation photographs by (in order): Chris Lee, Ashley Gilbertson, Danny Wilcox Frazier, Jordan Gale.

01/08/2025

Check this out! Assistant professor BingBing Zhang just published an article in Internet Research titled, "Biased processing of political fact-checks on social media: testing the effects of user comments and partisan worldview on misbeliefs and political candidate evaluation.” The research delves into the efficacy of political fact-checking posts. Two possible barriers studied were pre-existing partisan views and comments on posts.

01/07/2025

How do technological revolutions shape the rise and fall of great powers? 🌍💡

Join us for “Technology and the Rise of Great Powers” with Jeffrey Ding, PhD, as he discusses how technological advances—past and present—reshape global competition.

Drawing on historical case studies and statistical analysis, Ding challenges the idea that being first to innovate determines dominance. Instead, he highlights how nations succeed by adapting and scaling technologies across their economies.

📖 Ding’s new book applies this framework to U.S.-China competition in AI, offering insights into the strategies both nations can adopt to stay ahead.

📅 Wednesday, January 29, 2025
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
📍 Iowa City Public Library (Lunch Provided)
💻 Also Streaming Online

Presented in partnership with the University of Iowa Department of Political Science and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at University of Iowa International Programs

Don’t miss this chance to dive into the future of technology and power! 👉 Register here: https://www.icfrc.org/events.html



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01/07/2025

Professor David Dowling and PhD candidate Javie Ssozi were published in Communication, Culture, and Critique for their article, "Defying Uganda’s morality police: the grammar of social media protest images." This research explores how folks protested on social media against Uganda's 2014 Anti-Pornography Act, which regulated women's attire. Through critical discourse analysis (CDA) relevant to communication through images, findings reveal how the circulation of protest images online shapes public opinion and legislative outcomes on contested issues such as s*x, morality, and women’s rights. If you'd like to read the full article, tap below.

https://academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ccc/tcae049/7931649

01/02/2025

Assistant professor Bingbing Zhang published “Understanding Government Public Opinion: How Conspiracy Mentality and Policy Issue Concerns Shape Government Performance Evaluations” in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. This article, co-authored by Zhang, examines the connection between citizens’ policy concerns, conspiracy mentality, and their assessment of government performance. If you'd like to read the full article, tap below. Congrats Bingbing!

https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/37/1/edae066/7931365

12/26/2024

We would like to congratulate PhD student Munachim Amah who will be participating in the Center for Social Science Innovation Dissertation Completion Program in the spring! Click below to read more! Congrats Muna!!

https://cssi.research.uiowa.edu/dissertation-completion-program

12/22/2024

SJMC graduating students, you did it! We are so fortunate to have amazing students like you pave the way for the future of Journalism and Mass Communication! Make media that matters, we are so proud of you!

12/22/2024

12/19/2024

The moment you have all been waiting for is here! The social media marketing interns, Max Willis and Kennedy Lein, for the SJMC department sit down for this week's podcast episode to discuss all things social media — their icks, memories, horror stories, and so much more! Tune in now to listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/uiowa-sjmc-podcast

12/18/2024

12/16/2024

Marshawn Gunn, SJMC December 2024 graduate, came to UIowa as a transfer student unsure of what he wanted to do. After taking newscast reporting classes, he realized his passion for telling the stories of everyday Iowans. If you'd like to read more about his experience at Iowa, click the link below.

https://journalism.uiowa.edu/news/2024/12/graduate-spotlight-marshawn-gunn

Photo courtesy of Tim Schoon

12/10/2024

Congratulations to assistant professor Bingbing Zhang for her newest publication in Media and Communication for her article, "Navigating Political Disagreement on Social Media: How Affective Responses and Belonging Influence Unfollowing and Unfriending." Her research delves into how political disagreements on social media trigger emotions like anger and anxiety causing those to unfollow or unfriend others. If you would like to read the full article tap below.
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/8483

12/10/2024

Student employee spotlight: Carson Hartzog Posted byNatalee DawsonDecember 10, 2024December 10, 2024Posted inArt Library, NewsTags:spotlight, student library employees Carson Hartzog has been working at the Art Library for three years, since she first arrived in Iowa City from Oswego, Illinois. When...

12/07/2024

Good news! The University of Iowa SJMC Podcast is now available on Apple Music as well as Spotify! Head to the link to listen now! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/uiowa-sjmc-podcast

12/05/2024

Did you see associate professor Rachel Young published, "Stories for Us, or for Others: Digital Storytelling with a Harm Reduction Organization as Culture-Centered Health Communication," in Health Communication? This is a case study analysis of how a 2-day digital storytelling workshop with a harm reeducation organization who supports those who use drugs use digital storytelling to confront negative stereotypes about them. You can read the full article by tapping below.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2024.2405767?src=

12/04/2024

Professor David Dowling's new article, “Conceptualizing the Co-evolution of Journalism and Public Relations: Toward a Theory of Branded News Content’s Hybrid Forms,” was published in Journalism Studies. This article examines the co-evolution of journalism and branded content in four stages, from practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth century press to today. Congratulations David!

Tap below to read the full article.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2433637

12/03/2024

Congratulations are in order for Abubakar Ibrahim and Brian Ekdale! They were co-authors on an article published in Online Media and Global Communication. The article titled “Geographic tokenism on editorial boards: a content analysis of highly ranked communication journals,” examines the editorial boards of 30 highly ranked journals in communication, media and journalism studies to see if certain institutions and academics from underrepresented regions were overrepresented. Congrats Abubakar and Brian!

Tap below if you would like to read the full article.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/omgc-2024-0036/html