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Mass Communication Research Center

School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • About the Center
  • Leadership
  • Research Groups Expand Collapse
    • Computational Approaches and Message Effects Research (CAMER)
    • Communication, Brain and Behavior (CBB) Lab
    • Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR)
    • Health Information Technology Studies (HITS)
    • Cognitive Effects Research Group (KEG)
    • Social Media and Democracy (SMAD)
  • Participating Faculty
  • MCRC Fellows
  • Resources
  • SCHOOL of JOURNALISM and MASS COMMUNICATION

News and Publications

Center for Communication and Civic Renewal
Social Media and Democracy
MCRC Team Shares IJOC Call for Papers: “Presidential Debates Across the Americas”
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Social Media and Democracy
MCRC Researchers Share Work on Simulating Opinion Dynamics with LLMs
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Social Media and Democracy
SMAD Researcher Publish on Shifting Coverage of Sexual Violence Amid #MeToo

MCRC Research GROUPS

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES AND MESSAGE EFFECTS RESEARCH (CAMER)

CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC RENEWAL (CCCR)

COGNITIVE EFFECTS RESEARCH
GROUP (KEG)

COMMUNICATION, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR (CBB) LAB

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (HITS)

SOCIAL MEDIA AND
DEMOCRACY (SMAD)


Contact the Center at mcrc@sjmc.wisc.edu

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