L&S News  Tag: School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Six things we’ve learned from the AI Terrarium.

Event honoring the life of Bill Kraus fosters meaningful conversations about compromise in politics.

UW–Madison employs over 2,100 teaching assistants (TAs) across its 200-plus undergraduate major and certificate programs. Whether teaching in lecture halls, classrooms, and labs on campus or leading learning opportunities in the wider community, their work is vital to fulfilling the university’s educational mission and the Wisconsin Idea.

With the $750,000 award, the group will study the effectiveness of different forms of misinformation correction on social media.

Professor of Journalism contrasts today's social media landscape with the era when newspapers and radio ruled the day.

Journalism major (and graduating senior) Chelsea Hylton reflects on her UW-Madison experience, especially her work with The Black Voice.

As adults we have a lot of questions after Wednesday's deadly school shooting in Florida, but children have their own concerns. Karyn Riddle is an associate professor at the UW School of Journalism and Mass Communications where her research focuses on the effects of exposure to media violence.

The idea that journalists should stay in a room where people are demanding participation cuts at the heart of traditional notions of objectivity. A generation of newsroom protocol mandates that reporters remain free of conflicts of interest: Don’t cover issues you are involved in. Don’t put political signs in your yard. Don’t participate in rallies. Keep yourself out of the story.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Lewis Friedland about the FCC's decision to roll back rules that aim to curb single media companies' control of local news.