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Legacy
Over the last 50 years, our school has been at the forefront of inquiry into the nature of communication and how changing media technologies and practices affect our lives as citizens in democracy, as humans with health needs and as consumers in a competitive marketplace.
Explore our centers
Centers affiliated with UNC Hussman explore the complex intersections between communication and culture with groundbreaking journalism and media research.
Centers affiliated with UNC Hussman explore the complex intersections between communication and culture with groundbreaking journalism and media research.
Center for innovation and sustainability in local media
The Center for Innovation and Sustainability works to grow a more equitable and sustainable future for local news, the journalists who make it and the communities that need it.
Learn More about CISLM (Opens in a new window)center for media law and policy
The UNC Center for Media Law and Policy is an interdisciplinary research center run jointly out of the UNC School of Law and UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
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CITAP researches the intersection of technology and democratic society. The center creates essential research across multiple fields and methods that are grounded in a shared commitment to equality and justice.
Learn More about CITAP (Opens in a new window)Communicating for Health Impact Lab
The Communicating for Health Impact (CHI) Lab is dedicated to promoting health through communication with research projects that focus on understanding effective communication practices for behavior change.
Learn more about the CHI Lab (Opens in a new window)UNC Blue Sky Innovations
UNC Blue Sky Innovations works to create and share novel and immersive storytelling experiences that engage audiences by leveraging new technologies with unique, research-based perspectives.
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Center for innovation and sustainability in local media
The Center for Innovation and Sustainability works to grow a more equitable and sustainable future for local news, the journalists who make it and the communities that need it.
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Innovative, interdisciplinary health communication research wins $3 million grant to combat isolation in young adults
By Claire Cusick Even before U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a dire warning this spring about the loneliness epidemic in America, two UNC researchers had already teamed up to work on a solution. Loneliness is the absence of social…
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Seth Noar named ICA Fellow
By Beth Hatcher Leading health communication scholar and UNC Hussman Professor Seth Noar was named an ICA Fellow at the recent 2023 International Communication Association Conference in Toronto May 25-29, 2023. The honor recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement and contributions to…
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UNC Hussman at the 2023 International Communication Association Conference
Ten graduate students, eight faculty members, Dean Raul Reis, one staff member and various alumni will represent the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media May 25-29 at the 73rd annual International Communication Association Conference, held in Toronto. These scholars…
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