Like many of us during the pandemic, UW Communication associate professor Dr. Timeka Tounsel and her colleague Dr. Ashleigh Greene Wade (Digital Studies, University of Virginia) found themselves streaming a lot of television. As the two rewatched older favorites, a stark contrast emerged. Whereas the 1980s and 1990s media landscape often centered Black girls’ stories, … Read More
As artificial intelligence technology evolves to transform higher education and media quickly, the UW Department of Communication is keen to examine ways in which AI technology can improve learning for students and prepare them for success after graduation. We are delighted to share that two projects spearheaded by our faculty have received funding through the … Read More
On Jan. 14 at the University of Washington, the Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy (CJMD) hosted a discussion on political violence in the U.S. with The New Yorker staff writer Benjamin Wallace-Wells. Around 40 to 50 people filled the room, all students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in or studying journalism, communication, political science, and … Read More
Although Jisoo Kim arrived in Seattle only three months ago, she said she already feels right at home. “I feel like this is the new perfect academic home for me,” she said. “To focus on what I want to as a political communication scholar.” Kim joined the Department of Communication as an Assistant Professor in … Read More
UW Communication’s Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy (CJMD) recently co-hosted “Technology for the People,” a UW Salon with Society + Technology at UW (S+T). This salon brought together prominent voices from all three UW campuses in the technology, media, and communication fields to discuss efforts to promote digital equity and information access in the … Read More
Type any topic into a search engine. A Wikipedia entry is likely to show up in the results, written by people with an interest in the topic. Wikipedia is the most ubiquitous example of “peer production” websites, which are sites dependent on a community of unpaid content contributors. Built through the mass aggregation of small contributions, … Read More
Recently, COM and JPIC students were treated to a special class panel on “Black press in Seattle, past, present and future.” The panel featured Omari Salisbury of Converge Media, Chris Bennett of The Seattle Medium, and JPIC alum, Chardonnay Beaver, whose family owns and runs the news outlet, The Facts. Salisbury, Bennett, and Beaver shared … Read More
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the University of Washington and the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity are proud to recognize Ralina Joseph, associate dean of equity and justice for the UW Graduate School; founder and director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference and Equity; and professor of communication. Professor … Read More
UW communication professor Ralina Joseph is an excellent listener. Through Interrupting Privilege, a program she launched in 2016, Joseph has listened to intergenerational conversations about race and privilege in settings from museums to lecture halls to beauty shops. And she has welcomed the community to listen and reflect with her though a process she refers to … Read More
You’re about to give a presentation for a class or a job. As you head to the front of the room, you feel everyone’s eyes on you. Your heart races. Your hands turn clammy. You wonder why you agreed to this. When you open your mouth to speak, you pray your voice won’t tremble, betraying … Read More