People who are active in posting and sharing information on social media can perpetuate misinformation about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a team of researchers from the Division of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University. The study also suggested that this distribution of misinformation may indirectly lead to the misuse of antibiotics. Dr. Jacob Groshek,… Read More
Google wants to play a leading role in VR through technologies such as Cardboard, which was released in 2014. And it’s part of Nooka Jones’ job to figure out how to make that happen. Jones (’10) is marketing manager and team lead at Google Creative Lab, a think tank in the company’s marketing division. His… Read More
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a female CEO? To start a business from scratch, raise money from investors (as in, raise Venture Capital in Silicon Valley during the dot com boom when CEOs and investors were predominantly male!) Women on Top will focus on how women can navigate and succeed in male-dominated business… Read More
The following was reprinted from BU Today on Oct. 14, 2015 In the new series “Jump-start Your Job Search,” BU Today brings you short interviews with BU alums who are leaders in their field, such as banking, advertising, tech start-ups, journalism, or nonprofit organizations. They talk about how they got to be where they are,… Read More
Since she graduated from the Emerging Media Studies program this summer, Lei has been working in the social media marketing field for Genesys, an IT company. Her work focuses on content curation, data collection and analysis and campaign planning. The writing, researching and analytical skills she acquired during the 1-year master program at DEMS have helped her… Read More
Assistant Professor, Emerging Media How did you become involved in the emerging media field? Broadly speaking, I began working professionally with communication technology as a mechanic, where monitoring performance and diagnosing problems were becoming increasingly digitized. From there, I continued my training and earned a Bachelor’s degree in technology education while pursuing journalism as an… Read More
Streaming technology lets us access our favorite shows without television. So why are TV execs so excited about it? It was 2013, but Chuck Saftler’s head was in 2020. If he didn’t get creative, the FX exec realized, the deal he was about to cut could prove a bust. He was not about to buy… Read More
Time spent on social network sites such as Facebook could be an indicator of a failing marriage, according to a team of researchers that included Dr. James Katz, Feld Professor of Emerging Media at Boston University. Katz teamed with Sebastian Valenzuela and Daniel Halpern of the Catholic University of Chile in examining data from the… Read More
By Kendall Salter (’13) Boston University’s College of Communication helped celebrate Mashable’s Social Media Day with its own event on Saturday, June 30. As part of the third annual international celebration, Boston was one of more than a dozen cities worldwide that helped commemorate the occasion. COM’s celebration featured two panels of guest speakers highlighting… Read More