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Researchers in the Department of Communication will present 50 unique research studies at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association. One of these studies won a Top Paper award.

Research conducted by graduate students and faculty in the Department of Communication will be heavily represented at this year's meeting of the International Communication Association. Researchers in the Department earned one Top Paper Award and a total of 50 different studies were accepted.

Interview: UC Davis professors discuss combating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Professors Zhang and Wojcieszak were recently featured as guests on Fox40. During the interview, they discussed COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and how to combat such misinformation.

A Third of Americans Say They Are Unlikely or Hesitant to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Professor Ruiz and Emeritus Professor Bell recently conducted a study investigating what factors predict if someone intends to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They found that roughly one third of Americans say they are unlikely or hesitant to get the vaccine.

Free Speech And The Rise Of Misinformation And Conspiracy Theories

Professor Wojcieszak was recently featured as a guest on Valley Edition with Host Kathleen Schock. Professor Wojcieszak provided a thoughtful discussion about freedom of speech, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Be sure to check out the full episode!

"One of the core efforts in our lab is to design better ways of understanding moral message content", said Huskey.

Richard Huskey and his colleagues recently published an article in Behavior Research Methods where they used large-scale human annotation and natural language processing techniques to develop the extended Moral Foundations Dictionary (eMFD). The Psychonomic Society wrote an excellent short summary about this research and why it matters.

Our UC-wide Computational Social Science Specialization made the top list

Ever since its earliest years, information theory has enjoyed both a promising and complicated relationship with the social sciences... time to take inventory "Information Theory for Human and Social Processes"

Overview of a promising and complicated history

Researchers in the Department of Communication will present 24 unique research studies at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. Two of these studies won Top Paper awards.

Research conducted by graduate students and faculty in the Department of Communication will be heavily represented at this year's meeting of the National Communication Association. Researchers in the Department earned two Top Paper Awards and a total of 24 different studies were accepted.

Funded graduate position in the computational social science of organizations and institutions, as applied to open source software projects. Funded graduate position in the CSS of OSS We are hiring a graduate student in Communication or another science for an NSF-funded research position under Prof. Seth Frey, for a graduate training in computational social science (CSS).

“The events of this week also cause me to believe even more strongly, if that’s possible, in building an inclusive environment that recognizes and respects people of all backgrounds and experiences. I remain committed to that and hope you will do what you can to eliminate racism, sexism, and other negative influences on our progression as a nation.”

The Department of Communication at UC Davis is committed to supporting diversity in higher education and promoting equality everywhere.