Get to know some of our College of Media students! Isabel Mercado is a Class of 2025 advertising major. How did you know you wanted to major in advertising? I attended a visual and performing arts high school that allowed me to pursue my academics but dancing as well. I had an advertising assignment in high […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Daniela Mejia is a Class of 2025 advertising major. What excited you the most about majoring in advertising? I became interested in advertising because of how flexible and versatile the jobs are within the field of advertising. I am leaning towards pursuing the more creative side […]
Email: shiyue2@illinois.edu Research Interests Jennifer is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Communications Research. Her research aims to equip communicators with theory-driven and evidence-based strategies to navigate the digital landscape more effectively. From a social scientific perspective, she examines how social media messaging strategies in Public Service Announcements (PSAs)—particularly humor and visuals—shape […]
Email: yanliu10@illinois.edu Cohort: 2021 Research Interests Anna’s research lies at the intersection of strategic communication, data and emerging data-driven technologies (algorithms and AI), consumer behaviors, and media sociology. She takes a behavioral approach to study data and data-driven technologies (algorithms and AI) in message design and media exposure for consumer empowerment and societal good. Specifically, […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Greta Prepejchal is a Class of 2025 advertising major. What excited you the most about majoring in advertising?Advertising is a flexible major. Advertising majors are able to choose their own path by picking courses that they are interested in taking. As an artistic person, I found my […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Emily Richie is a Class of 2025 journalism major. What made you decide on majoring in journalism? Journalism here at Illinois is an outstanding program and has amazing professors. When I got here, I was excited to get more hands-on experiences and to learn more about multimedia […]
Email address: mz44@illinois.edu RESEARCH INTERESTS Maggie’s research is at the intersection of computational social science, HCI and social media, combining natural language processing and computer vision methods as well as experiments to look into the media effect on people’s opinions and behavior. Recent Publications/Presentations Zhang, M. and Ng, Y.M.M. (2023) #TrendingNow: How Twitter trending topics impact […]
Email: smg8@illinois.edu Research Interests Stephanie is a PhD Candidate in Communications & Media at the Institute of Communications Research, where her work broadly encompasses mediated Latine/x teen girlhoods, quinceañera ontologies, and streaming media and platform consolidation. Her current projects merge media studies, girlhood studies, Latine/x studies, and cultural studies with reconceptualizations of visibility, presence, resonance, nationhood, […]
Email: rikray2@illinois.edu RESEARCH INTERESTS I primarily study how audiences take shape on digital platforms and the ways in which platform logics influence audience behavior. My interest in research design and methodology has also led to collaborations across topical domains such as political communication, public opinion, journalism studies, etc. Recent Publications/Presentations Ray, R., Bhalla, S., & Taneja, […]