Email: nz20@illinois.edu Research Interests My research interests encompass the global media industry, China studies, and game studies. Currently, I am focused on two primary research areas. The first area examines the formation of the global video game industry. For instance, I investigate how video games evolved from being perceived as a “digital drug” to becoming […]
Email: gpaxton2@illinois.edu Research Interests Media Literacy, Scholastic Journalism, Visual Communication, Education Recent Publications/Presentations Paxton, G. (2024). The State of Media Literacy Education in Indiana Schools. Common Ground, Bloomington, Indiana. Mudavadi, K., Hwang, J., Wang, W., Paxton, G., Ochieng, J., and Grabe, ME. (2024). Third-Person Effects of COVID-19 Social Media Posts. International Communication Association, Health Communication […]
Email: yujinl3@illinois.edu Research Interests Yujin’s research interests include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, social media marketing, celebrity endorsement, media usage, and cultural analysis. She is a doctoral student at the Institute of Communications Research. She completed her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Recent Publications/Presentations Lee, Y.*, Fukada, M., Baptiste, P., Du, […]
December 12, 2024 | Faith Lee, Communications Intern We CU Community Engaged Scholars and the Humanities Research Institute at Illinois selected Courtney Dillon, a senior earning a dual degree in journalism and in sociology, as one of five Humanities in Action scholars to work with community partners throughout the Fall 2024 semester. The Humanities in Action program, now in its third year, […]
Kate McQueen (BA ’02, LAS; MS ’17, journalism) has been named the winner of the 2024 Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award by ACES: The Society for Editing and the Asian American Journalists Association-Los Angeles. McQueen, editorial director of the Pollen Initiative, was honored for her work with new and aspiring journalists and nonfiction writers who are incarcerated. McQueen, who mentored […]
Sal Nudo (MS ’16, journalism) has published a guidebook, Champaign-Urbana Greater than a Tourist, which contains advice on places to eat and visit in C-U and information about the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The book is part of CZYK Publishing’s Greater than a Tourist series. The 50 categories in the guidebook include the twin cities’ annual events and […]
Mark S. Grochocinski (BS ’77, journalism) has published his first book: Out of the Corner of the Eye: Averted Visions of Jack the Ripper. Grochocinski offers an oblique, subtle, and nuanced view of Jack the Ripper and his crimes via a series of vignettes—its focus is on his time in place, not his place in time. […]
October 3, 2024 Updated May 13, 2025 Congratulations to these College of Media students who received campus and college awards and honors, and scholarships and fellowships that were made possible thanks to our donors. HONORS Bronze TabletInscription on the Bronze Tablets in the Main Library recognizes students ranking in the top three percent of their graduating class. […]
10/18/20242 p.m.Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, UrbanaOr join us via Zoom The 2024 Roger Ebert Lecture and Screening will be held October 17-18 in the Knight Auditorium of Spurlock Museum. Join us in person or via Zoom for the Roger Ebert Lecture “Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy: How Kartemquin’s Storytelling Works for Stronger Publics,” presented by Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor of […]
May 16, 2024 Students in the Fall 2023 Cinematography and Sound Design course, taught by media and cinema studies lecturer Victor Font, produced a film special of Cetacean, which aired on WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire on April 18. The one-hour episode includes interviews with Cetacean creators, Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen, and excerpts from last fall’s […]