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Natalie Kahn Talk, Department Speaker Series: Muniba Saleem (UCSB, Communication)

Comm Conference Room - Rolfe 2303

Title: Media Representations and Their Broader Implications for Intergroup Relations   Abstract: This talk highlights the role of media as an ecosystem in cultivating societal divisions within multicultural contexts. Utilizing correlational, experimental, and longitudinal research methodologies, I provide a comprehensive analysis of the nuanced effects on both racial majority and minority audiences. The findings reveal […]

Department Speaker Series: Megan Burkhardt-Reed (UCLA, Communication)

Comm Conference Room - Rolfe 2303

Title: The emergence of communication in infancy: Development and evolution   Abstract: Do gestures truly precede vocalization in modern human development and in the evolutionary origin of language? Or is vocalization more foundational for communication? Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the evolutionary origins of language. Speculations on the evolution of language have evoked […]

Department Speaker Series: Dana Mastro (UCSB, Communication)

Comm Conference Room - Rolfe 2303

Title: Threat in the form of News: Examining the ways that news coverage of immigration constrains systemically marginalized groups   Abstract: Although U.S. media portrayals of racial, ethnic, and other historically excluded identities vary based on the group, platform, and genre, generally speaking these groups have tended to be both underrepresented and, at times, unfavorably depicted across the […]

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