Email: smg8@illinois.edu Research Interests Stephanie is a PhD Candidate in Communications & Media at the Institute of Communications Research, where her work broadly encompasses mediated Latine/x teen girlhoods, quinceañera ontologies, and streaming media and platform consolidation. Her current projects merge media studies, girlhood studies, Latine/x studies, and cultural studies with reconceptualizations of visibility, presence, resonance, nationhood, […]
Email: rikray2@illinois.edu RESEARCH INTERESTS I primarily study how audiences take shape on digital platforms and the ways in which platform logics influence audience behavior. My interest in research design and methodology has also led to collaborations across topical domains such as political communication, public opinion, journalism studies, etc. Recent Publications/ Presentations Ray, R., Bhalla, S., & […]
March 4, 2021 Update April 5, 2021: The recording of this event is now available to watch on YouTube: The College of Media will celebrate the Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media with a virtual kick-off event on Wednesday, March 31, at 7-8 p.m. (CT). Leslie (Miller) Frank, an Emmy award-winning […]
March 4, 2021 | Marissa Plescia, Communications and Marketing Intern Patrick Burke doesn’t usually like waking up to a work text at 5 a.m. … unless it’s saying that his commercials got the #1 and #2 spots for the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter poll. “If I’m gonna get woken up to a work […]
January 11, 2021 | Holly Rushakoff James W. Carey Fund for Faculty Excellence will support outstanding faculty in the Institute of Communications Research An internationally recognized scholar in communications research, James W. Carey (1934-2006) earned two advanced degrees at the University of Illinois and then dedicated nearly half of his life as an academic leader […]
December 2, 2020 | Kimberly Belser, Communications and Marketing Intern Talented advertising undergraduate students will be recognized for their creative work and provided with a monetary gift to support their creative career path, thanks to the Murray Kalis Award for Creativity in Advertising. The new award was established by College of Media alumnus Murray Kalis […]
December 2, 2020 | Marissa Plescia, Communications and Marketing Intern College of Media students and alumni may remember pre-pandemic late nights cramming on big projects in the dimly lit basement of Gregory Hall (not to mention the Doritos and Coca-Cola dinners from the vending machine). But thanks to college and campus funds, the basement will […]
December 1, 2020 | Kimberly Belser, Communications and Marketing Intern According to Alex Iniguez (BS ’11, journalism), assistant metro editor at The Seattle Times, one thing that can’t really be taught in college is “the grind”—a daily devotion to work that helps manage tough days on the job. However, Iniguez said his time as a […]
November 6, 2020 | Kimberly Belser, Communications and Marketing Intern The College of Media is pleased to announce a number of new and innovative curricular opportunities, including a new interdisciplinary minor in media, a minor in critical film production within the Department of Media & Cinema Studies, and new courses across all three departments that […]
October 12, 2020 The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today announced that its students will benefit from a suite of enhanced professional experiences, thanks to a $7.5 million gift by Rich and Leslie Frank of St. Helena, California. The gift, the largest in the College of Media’s history, will establish […]