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The Department of Communication at UC Davis is proud to announce the publication of a new special issue of the Journal of Media Psychology titled Information Integrity in a Digital Age. The issue was co-edited by UC Davis faculty members Drs.

The UC Davis Department of Communication will make a strong showing at the National Communication Association’s 111th Annual Convention, held November 20–23, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. This year’s theme, “Communicate to Elevate,” reflects a dual commitment to “lifting as we climb” through mentorship and collaboration, and to advancing scholarship, teaching, and service through innovation.

Professor Magdalena Wojcieszak and colleagues report in Nature Human Behaviour that encouraging social-media users in France and Germany to add just two mainstream news accounts to their feeds made them noticeably better at spotting misinformation, more aware of current events, and more trusting of journalism; all without reducing their time on the platforms.

Every year, high performing Communication Seniors are recognized by Communication faculty for their outstanding achievements, which include both academic and extracurricular activities. Moreover, among these high achieving students, one student is selected as Outstanding Senior.

Jessie Murray, Chief Administrative Officer of the Orange Cluster, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award for Exceptional University Management—the highest staff recognition at UC Davis. 

The UC Davis Department of Communication transformed the Teaching & Learning Center into a bustling crossroads for neuroscientists, computer scientists, political scientists, sociologists, and communication scholars during last weekend’s Communication Horizons 2025 conference.

PhD Candidate Rachel McKenzie

PhD Candidate Sofia Rhea 

As part of ongoing efforts to bring social science to the local community, the Human Development and Media Lab (led by Dr. Drew Cingel) highlighted a project on children’s learning from virtual reality at the Children’s Discovery Fair on Picnic Day, UC Davis’ annual celebration that attracts more than 75,000 visitors.

On Friday, February 28, 2025, a UC Davis-wide collaboration hosted the successful daylong Conference "Engineering our Experimental AI Futures," which drew together a gathering of over 65 scholars spanning from the Humanities, over the Social Sciences, to Engineering.

The UC Davis Department of Communication is making a strong impact at the 2025 International Communication Association (ICA) conference, the leading global event for communication scholars.

A delegation from the School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University of China met with faculty of the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis on Monday, December 2. The visiting delegation, led by Vice Dean and Professor Yubo Huang, aimed to explore potential academic and research collaborations with CMN, as part of SZU's ongoing effort to forge international partnerships that strengthen educational and scholarly exchange. 

UC Davis communication graduate student Salman Khawar has co-authored an important new study exploring the features of clickbait journalism and its effectiveness in driving online engagement.

The University of California, Davis, is proud to announce that its Department of Communication has ascended to the 13th position globally in the 2024 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. This marks a significant advancement from the 24th position in 2023, reflecting the department's unwavering commitment to academic excellence and impactful research.

The Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis, proudly announces that Associate Professor Jingwen Zhang has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Annual Lingnan Award for Excellence in Health Informatics. This distinguished honor is presented by CITRIS Health, a division of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at the University of California, in partnership with the First Affiliated Hospital at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Watch Dr. Hilbert's Keynote lecture "AI Unleashed: Navigating Boundless Intelligence & Existential Risks — Choosing Our Future” on YouTube!