Kurt Braddock published an article with colleagues from the United Kingdom in the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism. In this article, Kurt and his co-authors explored how popular advertisements could be useful for undermining a process whereby combatting extremists reinforce each other's radicalization processes.
In an interview with Scripps News, Kurt discussed the importance of fact verification among professional news organizations, lest they risk spreading misinformation in key areas of conflict, including the Israel-Hamas conflict.
In addition, Kurt’s research was accepted for presentation at the International Studies Association Conference in April. Kurt's paper focuses on the use of big data and machine learning methodologies to identify communicative, psychological, criminological, political, and structural factors that drive an actor's movement toward violent extremism or nonviolent political action.
The SOC Office of Communication and Outreach was happy to have captured the amazing work of our 2023 SOC3 students this past semester. Their client for the semester, Home Depot, was seeking help tailoring communications to reach younger, more diverse customers. They turned to none other than our very own, SOC3. Our SOC students rose to Home Depot's challenge, delivering professional, creative, and targeted solutions for the company in the form of presentations, videos, graphic design and so much more. You can watch their new video out on YouTube now!
Aram Sinnreich’s forthcoming book “The Secret Life of Data” (MIT Press, coauthored with Jesse Gilbert) received its first review, from Choice Reviews (the American Library Association). It was very positive, including the observation that "For librarians, archivists, and informational professionals who work with digitization, metadata, and the like, this book will no doubt strike a chord and open up crucial intra-professional conversations."
Jane Hall was interviewed by the New York Times about media coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and by El Mercurio in Chile about Donald Trump's possible v-p choices. She is also a judge this year for the Toner prizes for the best local political journalism in newspapers and magazines, from Syracuse University.
Jan Lauren Boyles, SOC's first-ever PhD graduate, will be a visiting fellow this summer at the University of Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Jan is a tenured associate professor at Iowa State's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, where she also is associate director. During her time at Oxford, she plans to research data journalism and interview journalists about computational reporting, according to the Greenlee School's news release about her fellowship. In August 2023, Jan got together with several SOC faculty during the conference in Washington of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She completed her PhD in 2014.
SOC alum Derek McGinty (I don't know what year he graduated) spoke to Terry Bryant's Advanced Broadcast Production class. McGinty talked to the students about the importance of quality storytelling, the diligent pursuit of the facts, and taking advantage of industry contacts to advance their careers. McGinty retired as anchor and reporter from WUSA-TV in Washington D.C. He also worked as an anchor at ABC World News Now and as a reporter for HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
