University of South Carolina College of Information and Communications

The CIC AI Index study gathered perceptions of artificial intelligence from more than 1,000 individuals across the U.S. Participants shared their perspectives on how AI will impact privacy, politics and the workplace. Fears about job loss as well as optimism?about the increases in productivity that AI provides appeared among the responses. ? For key findings from the study visit: https://lnkd.in/etUpEK2X

Congratulations to Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, interim dean of the faculty and vice provost for faculty affairs, who was recently awarded the National Communication Association’s Charles H. Woolbert Research Award for her 2002 article, “Toward a Theory of Family Communication." This prestigious award recognizes publications that have been in print for at least a decade and have had an enduring impact in the field of communication. Learn more ? https://lnkd.in/etVf5uwg

Excited to share all that my colleagues are doing to prepare our students to responsibly use AI in the fields they are entering. We have some outstanding researchers as well setting the mark when it comes to AI and creativity, ethics, General AI, and consumer responses. Special thanks to Marcia Purday, APR and Sabrina Habib, MFA, Ph.D. who are leading our efforts. University of South Carolina College of Information and Communications University of South Carolina #AI #highereducation #college #university #emerginginformationtechnology

Join us for an evening with Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D., discussing "The Future of American Democracy." Cottom is a New York Times opinion columnist, MacArthur Fellow, renowned sociologist, award-winning author and associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina. Augusta Baker Endowed Chair Nicole A. Cooke will moderate Cottom’s lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications on Friday, Oct. 25. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/e_9dCKMA The event is part of the CIC Access and Engagement Inclusive Excellence Series and the CIC/SLIS Augusta Baker Endowed Chair Lecture Series.

“The way you touch a screen to play a video, the gesture itself, changes attention as measured by heart rate,” says Paul Bolls, co-director of the Murrow Media Mind Lab at Washington State University. Bolls is presenting to CIC faculty today on the media psychophysiology paradigm and how to apply it to the design of experiments investigating media processes and effects.

Congratulations to alumna Shayla Merritt, '10 Master of Mass Communication, for winning the 2024 Young Professional of the Year award from the Columbia Chamber.

Great day hosting Gray Media at the University of South Carolina College of Information and Communications. Students gathered for a lunch & learn to discuss career and internship opportunities. Thank you to Aisha Tyler, Robby Thomas, and Thomas Gruel.

Students from across the state visited CIC on Saturday to participate in the Call for Code: IBM watsonx Workshop. After learning about the watsonx generative AI platform, the students were charged with identifying a specific issue involving equitable access to vital services and using watsonx to provide a solution. In teams of 10, with one hour to complete the challenge, students chose a variety of issues to work on from increasing literacy in rural areas to health care access to social justice to storm preparation. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7_-jf_w

The Health Disparity Research Symposium held last Friday brought together researchers from across campus and program officers from foundations to discuss ways to address the most pressing healthcare issues for South Carolina and beyond. The goal of the event was to better equip faculty members to utilize, interpret and apply their research. ?Foundation Program Officer Panel: -Justin Dunham, Program Officer, Health Care, The Duke Endowment -Steven Martin, President & CEO, Constellation Quality Health - CCME Foundation -Donna Waites, President, Sisters of Charity Foundation Jennifer McCormack, MPA, CFRE, Assistant Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Relations Giving at USC, moderated the discussion. The Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina College of Education and the University of South Carolina College of Social Work were represented in addition to the College of Information and Communications.?

Since coming to USC in 2019, Augusta Baker Endowed Chair Nicole A. Cooke has worked tirelessly to extend Mrs. Baker’s legacy in a variety of ways. Collaborating with the University of South Carolina Libraries' Digital Collections team to digitize Mrs. Baker’s papers has been one of those efforts. The fruits of their diligence can be seen in the recently launched digital exhibit that includes some of Mrs. Baker's letters, photographs and publications that represent the multiple facets of her long career in librarianship, children’s literature and storytelling. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eUfTGcMN