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Jenga and the US census: way more than just counting people

A new book, “Data Are Made, Not Found,” from danah boyd, professor of communication, is an insider’s account of the 2020 census and how the pandemic and political forces from left, right and center threatened to take it down like a Jenga tower.

  • Communication
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Meet our faculty: Danny Parker
Academic focus: Poverty and political communication Research summary: As an ethnographer, I study rural and urban communities facing extreme poverty, using immersive fieldwork and participant observation to document and interpret how they...
  • Communication
Dominic Balog-Way

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Meet our faculty: Dominic Balog-Way
Academic focus: Risk communication Research summary: I study how societies communicate, interpret and govern risk amid technological innovation, political controversy and environmental change. My research asks three interconnected questions: Why...
  • Communication
Andrea Stevenson Won, associate professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and her students visit the Center for Teaching Innovation’s Creative Technology Lab.

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Cornell expands AI Critical Literacy Program for incoming students

After a successful pilot launch in the spring, Cornell’s AI Critical Literacy Program will be offered in the fall to all incoming students as well as other interested students, faculty members and staff.

  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Communication
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What social media creators can’t say about their job

Online content creator burnout is, in part, “unspeakable” – a product of a confluence of factors, including the informal nature of platform labor and the privileged status of creative work, seen by many as a “dream job.”

  • Communication
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Meet our faculty: Danny Parker
Academic focus: Poverty and political communication Research summary: As an ethnographer, I study rural and urban communities facing extreme poverty, using immersive fieldwork and participant observation to document and interpret how they...
  • Communication
Dominic Balog-Way

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Meet our faculty: Dominic Balog-Way
Academic focus: Risk communication Research summary: I study how societies communicate, interpret and govern risk amid technological innovation, political controversy and environmental change. My research asks three interconnected questions: Why...
  • Communication
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Meet our faculty: Claire Wardle
Academic focus: Information ecosystems, misinformation, journalism Research summary: I study information ecosystems, with a particular interest in improving communication by trusted institutions, e.g., government agencies, newsrooms...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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