Research

Faculty and students at the Harrington School of Communication and Media are advancing the understanding of a rapidly evolving communications ecosystem through collaborative, cross-disciplinary research and scholarship.

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Research Themes

The Harrington School is cultivating research strengths in the impact of artificial intelligence in communications, social media, science communication, and media studies.

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Sponsored Research

With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation and other agencies, Harrington faculty are working to improve media literacy, elevate underrepresented groups in science, and more.

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Featured Research and Creative Works

Harrington School faculty are outstanding educators and active researchers who are continuously finding new stories to tell and new ways to tell them.

Timothy Amidon changes the conversation about risk, disaster, and crisis communication in new book

The relationships between risk, disaster, and crisis communication, especially the spatial and temporal dimensions of such relationships are often oversimplified.

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Crises in Mediated Communication Symposium

Thursday, April 9th – Friday, April 10th Atrium 2

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Poll: 93% of Rhode Islanders agree housing costs are a problem, remain divided on solutions

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Kendall Moore’s Films Have an Afterlife

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Documentary follows attempts to save Saltmarsh Sparrow along Warren’s Coastline

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“Harm in the Water” by Kendall Moore wins best documentary at the Essence Film Festival

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