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Millions are turning to TikTok for the latest on Ukraine, but can the platform be trusted?

March 22, 2022

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, TikTok has become a primary outlet for spreading information, causing some to refer to the conflict as TikTok's first war. Casey Fiesler, an assistant professor of information science, discusses the role TikTok is playing in the Ukraine crisis.

Elle: 鈥淚nside the Peloverse鈥

March 16, 2022

Featuring Casey Fiesler (Information Science)

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CMCI faculty member documents community rebuilding after 2021 King Soopers shooting

March 14, 2022

Professor Ross Taylor turns a lens toward healing as the Boulder community recovers from last spring鈥檚 tragedy.

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After 100 years, university recognized a pioneer

March 8, 2022

Women鈥檚 history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn鈥檛 allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black. History overlooked Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado. A dogged CU journalist brought her back to the fore. Tipped off by a newspaper story, Polly McLean, a CU Boulder associate professor of media studies, spent years exhuming Buchanan鈥檚 story and, finally, correcting history.

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CMCI researchers dive into 鈥榙ual experience鈥 of LGBTQ users on TikTok

Feb. 21, 2022

In a study published in January, researchers Ellen Simpson and Bryan Semaan, both with the College of Media, Communication and Information, analyzed how people who identify as LGBTQ adopted and experienced TikTok. They found that, while the participants enjoyed some aspects of the platform, they never quite felt at home using it.

Michigan State doctoral candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and astronomy Professor Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) discover that a 鈥減lanet killer鈥-sized comet is headed toward Earth in the film Don't Look Up. (Credit: Netflix)

How 鈥楧on鈥檛 Look Up鈥 plays with the portrayal of science in popular culture

Jan. 12, 2022

Adam McKay's new movie uses science fiction and comedy to explore elements of our current society鈥攂ut it's not alone. Could we be in a new golden age of sci-fi entertainment? CU Boulder Today spoke with CMCI's Rick Stevens to find out.

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Faculty Now: Fall 2021

Dec. 22, 2021

Updates from our all-star faculty of professors, researchers, producers and innovators for fall 2021.

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CMCI Now: Designing Tech with Mortality in Mind

Dec. 22, 2021

It鈥檚 inevitable that at some point we must all 鈥済et our affairs in order,鈥 and when we do, there are checklists, policies and professionals to help create everything from wills and trusts to advance directives. But a key element鈥攇uidance surrounding technology and end-of-life planning鈥攊s missing. Assistant Professor Jed Brubaker will work to close this gap through a five-year research project supported by a prestigious NSF CAREER grant.

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CMCI Now: Never-Ending Story

Dec. 21, 2021

Jad Davenport (MJour'98), a National Geographic represented freelance photographer and writer, delves into the art of storytelling learned from a career in photography, filmmaking and journalism.

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CMCI Now: We Are the Stories We Tell

Dec. 21, 2021

CMCI faculty Lisa Flores, Angie Chuang and Harsha Gangadharbatla remark on how stories鈥攖hose we tell, pay for and reimagine鈥攊ntersect with our identities and industries.

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