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Apr 1, 2024

Study Suggests Taking an Aggressive Stance in Crisis Communications Costs Companies Money

The bottom line? When a company took an aggressive stance, its stock price dropped. Associate Professor of Communication Alice Cheng and Ph.D. student Jaekuk Lee co-authored the paper discussing the findings.
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Nov 1, 2023

Helping Companies Understand – and Respond to – Online Misinformation

A new study examines what happens when misinformation spreads on social media, finding there can be real consequences for both companies and the public. Associate professor of communication and co-author Alice Cheng discusses the study.
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Aug 29, 2023

How to Tackle Conflict in the Workplace

Research can help address conflicts in a way that helps the bottom line and improves workplace culture. Professor and head of the Department of Communication Jessica Jameson discusses her book, Communication for Constructive Workplace Conflict.
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Aug 9, 2022

Study Uncovers How Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals Navigate Social Challenges

The study shows a range of uncomfortable situations people living with blindness encounter due to interpersonal communication challenges.
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May 13, 2022

Study Finds Realism a Key Factor in Driving Engagement with Virtual Reality Videos

Research from communication professor Alice Cheng finds that realism is a key factor in determining whether viewers engage with virtual reality (VR) videos — and that engagement is itself a key factor in determining whether viewers are interested in watching VR videos in the future.
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Jul 27, 2021

Virtual MLK Project Expands its Reach to Other Settings, Users

NC State’s Virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Project uses innovative technology to recreate the civil rights leader’s never-recorded 1960 speech, “Fill Up the Jails” — and transform how the public interacts with his message.
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Mar 26, 2020

vMLK Project: 60th Anniverary of “A Creative Protest”

Communication professor Victoria Gallagher immersed community members in one of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most iconic speeches at NC State's James B. Hunt Library.
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Oct 17, 2019

Study Finds Brands Are Resilient Against ‘Fake News’ on Social Media

“Fake news” stories targeting corporations may be obnoxious, but new research from communication professor Yang Cheng finds that they likely pose little threat to well-established brands.

May 28, 2019

Faculty Who Think and Do, Dr. Andrew Binder

Dr. Binder has stepped out of his position as Director of Graduate Programs to pursue other endeavors. He is still with The Department of Communication as a faculty member and teaches courses on the undergraduate and graduate level. This interview is a closer look on his scholarship and his time as a professor here at NC State.

Apr 22, 2019

Faculty Who Think and Do: Discovering Communication Behind Borders

Since coming to NC State in 2002, Dr. James Kiwanuka-Tondo has been nothing short of a memorable professor to the students and faculty who interact with him in the Department of Communication. From his work on HIV/AIDS campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa, to his current research in Uganda, Dr. Kiwanuka-Tondo continues to use his knowledge to…