Conference Presentations
Graduate student Ria Gualano is presenting two papers at the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, which takes place October 30, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador: “’I Try to Represent Myself as I Am’: Self-Presentation Preferences of People with Invisible Disabilities through Embodied Social VR Avatars” and “The Looking-Glass Avatar: Representing Chronic Pain through Social Virtual Reality Avatar Movement.”
Events
Join us for COMMColloquium Monday, November 4, at 1:30 pm in 160 Mann Library Building. Postdoctoral Associate Avriel Epps will present “Algorithms, Abolition, and African American Youth Development: Theorizing and Evaluating the Impacts of Socio-Algorithmic Systems on Black Youth in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter.” The colloquium is followed by a reception, located in The Hub of the Department of Communication.
Lectures
On October 24, Assistant Professor Wunpini Mohammed will deliver a lecture at University of Toronto’s Department of Anthropology entitled “Dismantling the Colonial Politics of Knowledge Production from Tamale to Toronto.” In this talk, she will present critical reflections on working in qualitative research to co-create knowledge with her community. She will argue that scholars need to intimately understand the social, political, and historical context of marginalized communities if they are to co-create knowledge that truly represents these communities while safeguarding the dignity of interlocutors.
Media Coverage
Associate Professor Brooke Duffy was quoted by The Hollywood Reporter article “’Influencer Studies’ Break into the Ivy League” about Cornell’s newly launched Content Creator Scholars Network.
Lecturer Jamal Uddin was cited by TBN24, a New York-based community TV channel. The media outlet covered “Communication Policy in the New Era: Pursuing Sustainable and Independent Media,” a seminar moderated by Jamal. He is mentioned at 1:29 minutes.
Publications
Professor Lee Humphreys and graduate student Rosie Nguyen published “Networked Privacy and Its Broader Implications” in Journal of Communication, October 2024. In their article, they review Alice Marwick’s book, The Private is Political: Networked Privacy and Social Media and relate it to tensions around freedom of expression and academic freedom. They reflect on Marwick's key arguments for academic expression given the socio-technological context in which they work and the differential harms that impact academics from historically marginalized communities. They call for social, contextual, and structural approaches for responding to the targeted harassment of academics to protect and ensure academic freedom for all.
Professor Katherine McComas, with Research Associate Dominic Balog-Way, J. Cousse, Catherine Lambert, and E. Trutnevyte, published “How Beliefs about Tampering with Nature Influence Support for Enhanced Geothermal Systems: A Cross-National Study” in Risk Analysis , October 2024. Many experts believe (including those at Cornell who seek effort to develop Earth Source Heat) that deep geothermal can significantly help to decarbonize heat and electricity production and address climate change. The authors’ work examines views of people living in the U.S. and Switzerland to understand their perceptions of risk and the "deep underground" to better inform future risk communication efforts.
