Senior affiliated faculty member and BigFishPR CEO David Gerzof Richard tells NECN/NBC Boston he is “shocked” that Twitter is fact checking Donald Trump over recent tweets, including ones that Trump alleged about fraudulent mail-in ballots.
Started in 2005, the E3 minor in Emerson’s School of Communication (SOC) is a yearlong immersive program designed to teach students from all majors how to build and launch their own business ventures. Directed by Lu Ann Reeb, Senior Executive-in-Residence in Marketing Communication, this year’s E3 class went remote along with the rest of the college in March due to the COVID-19 crisis. , leaving Reeb to instruct students both one-on-one and as a group across five time zones and four countries — including China, India, Costa Rica and the U.S.
Communication Studies Assistant Professor Vincent Raynauld spoke to Tech News World regarding a recent report from the London-based Institute of Strategic Dialogue. that shows far-right organizations and everyday people are using COVID-19 to spread disinformation and hate.
In 1970, the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest concluded that the shootings at Kent State University occurred in “the most divisive time in America since the Civil War.” When asked about the current climate in America in 2020, 41 percent of Americans polled said the country is more divided now than in 1970.
Senior affiliated faculty and founder of BIGFish PR David Gerzof Richard tells Boston 25 that in this current COVID-19 economy, those seeking employment need to demonstrate their online competencies in order to be an attractive candidate.
The ‘On The Same Page’ virtual book campaign is refreshing the bookshelves and mindsets of Boston teenagers this year as a part of a unique collaboration between Emerson Professor Cathryn Edelstien’s Nonprofit Fundraising Campaign class and students from Hyde Park’s New Mission High School (NMHS). The impact is both immediate and ongoing — allowing for generations of teens at NMHS and beyond to see themselves in stories.
Let’s celebrate the class of 2020.
Approaching the finale of an extraordinary academic year, the School of Communication paused to recognize the “best of the best” during the 2020 Student Awards Ceremony.
“What we’re doing here is a really big deal because it hasn’t been done before.”
This is what Ethan Schwartz said to his team exactly one week before this year’s College Esports Expo (CEX). Schwartz was the Student-Chairman and Lifestyle Track Lead for CEX 2020. “I wanted everyone to have an overall understanding of what we were building here,” Schwartz said.
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the well-being and livelihood of millions around the world, clear and effective health communication is more crucial than ever. Meanwhile, social anxiety and confusion seems to be growing amid inconsistent and contradicting messages from government officials and the media, says Deion Hawkins, a health communication scholar and assistant professor of Communication Studies.
