The third wave of the AI Global Public Opinion Tracker reinforces earlier findings, aligning with other U.S. surveys and highlighting clear trends for communication, journalism and workplace AI.
Asking why is an integral part of Vanessa Kitzie’s personality. As a 2025 winner of the university’s Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation, Kitzie is putting the question to her students in ways that force them to consider emerging technology from every perspective.
Each semester, 10 students will be selected for the “The Post and Courier Experience” to prepare them for future work in the communications industry.
Ohio State's performance on the field is matched only by its dominance online. Passionate fans kept the Buckeyes at No. 1 for the second week in a row. Ohio State upset Texas and Arch Manning in Columbus.
Charles Johann Bierbauer, journalist and educator, died at age 83 on Aug. 29, 2025, at his home in North Carolina. His generous heart gave out after a good, long life.
For his students and colleagues, Charles was not just a dean or professor — he was, in every sense, a teacher. The tributes reflect this deeply.
Grow with Google collaboration brings AI training to local small businesses and nonprofits
Carter has been a pillar of the CIC community since she started as the director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications in 2003. She shares a few reflections as her time in the school comes to a close.
Ohio State Surges to No. 1 in the College Sports Social Pulse. Notre Dame, Penn State and Auburn make first entries into the Top 10.
The Tide is rolling again — this time on social media. Alabama fans have powered their team to No. 1 in the College Sports Social Pulse preseason rankings, proving that when it comes to online chatter, nobody beats Bama Nation.
School of Journalism and Mass Communications faculty and graduate students were honored for excellence in research and teaching at the 2025 AEJMC Conference held Aug. 8-10 in San Francisco.
Assistant professor Alamir Novin conducted a volunteer-based study on user interaction with AI systems and how user bias evolves. Among the 200 participants, he found evidence of four basic types of cognitive bias.
Mass communications junior Jordan Richardson is taking his passion for USC to Student Government, serving as the 2025-26 student body vice president.
King, who holds degrees from both the School of Information Science and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, will become the first African American to lead the nationally recognized library system.
Dawsey works at the forefront of U.S. politics. He has covered the White House extensively and has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting with teams from The Washington Post. His new book "2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America" tells the story of the tumultuous election season.
Tamera Green, senior vice president and chief communications officer of Tepper Sports & Entertainment, will join the college as a professional track faculty member and co-director of sports media initiatives.
Before she ever picked up a basketball, A’ja Wilson dreamed of becoming a writer, and the onetime mass communications major definitely has a way with words.
Kheron Alston (Broadcast Journalism '21) and Caroline Barry (Vis Com '21 and MMC '22) are two SJMC alumni finding success in the professional world thanks to their education and experiences behind the scenes of our Gamecock teams.
The USC School of Information Science is featured in this Library Journal article about programs that are ensuring that future librarians have the right stuff, not just to survive but to thrive in this digital age.
Ebiefung, a doctoral student specializing in human-AI interaction and information behavior, believes the fellowship will deepen his understanding and expand his capacity to contribute meaningfully to both scholarship and teaching.
A new book by the CIC assistant professor of race and media, “Hip-Hop Civics: Connected Learning in the Rap Classroom,” details how educators can use hip-hip to teach civics in more engaging ways to students — especially those of color.
The Global Strategic Communication Consortium held its 2025 conclave — an exclusive event that brings together top scholars to explore the future of strategic communication through the lenses of ethics, technology, and public engagement — from March 9–13 in Sardinia, Italy.
The School of Information Science held a spring and summer graduation ceremony for 113 students earning doctoral, masters or certificate degrees in the Russell House Theater on May 8, 2025.
School of Journalism and Mass communications students received five first-place awards and four finalist awards in the 2024 Region 3 Mark of Excellence competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists.
A group of 60 gathered to celebrate the photography created by students participating in the Talmadge Moore LeGrand Photojournalism Workshop led by instructor Renée Ittner-McManus.