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What are You Looking At? ‘Virtual’ Communication in the Age of Social Distancing

March 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Attention, BEHAVIOR, Communication, COVID-19, Perception, Psychology, social distancing, Speech

When discussions occur face-to-face, people know where their conversational partner is looking and vice versa. With “virtual” communication due to COVID-19 and the expansive use of mobile and video devices, now more than ever, it’s important to understand how these technologies impact communication. Where do people focus their attention? The eyes, mouth, the whole face? And how do they encode conversation? A first-of-its-kind study set out to determine whether being observed affects people’s behavior during online communication.

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Conversing About Coronavirus: How to Talk to Your Children About the Pandemic

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Communication, Communication strategies, Coronavirus, coronavirus outbreak, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, Mental Health, Social Media

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Social Media While Social Distancing: A How-To Guide

March 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Communication, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dating, human connection, Internet, Mental Health, Relationships, social distancing, Social Media

With calls from elected and health officials to self-isolate to prevent the spread of coronavirus, more and more people are turning to social media as their primary means of entertainment and connection with friends and the outside world. But can too much social media while social distancing take a toll on your mental and even physical health? We checked in with Natalie Pennington — a UNLV communication studies professor who researches the benefits and harms of social media — to get her take on the best ways to make your online experience work for you.

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Rapidly changing pandemic requires extra care in employee communication

March 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Communication, Coronavirus, employee communications

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How communication about environmental issues can bridge the political divide

March 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Communication, energy & environmental research, Philosophy, Politics, Renewable Energy

A relatively new theory that identifies universal concerns underlying human judgment could be key to helping people with opposing views on an issue coax each other to a different way of thinking, new research suggests.

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BREAKING THE COMMUNICATION CODE

February 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Autism, Communication, Neuroscience

Ever wonder how mice talk to each other? We don’t have a dictionary quite yet, but UD neuroscientist Josh Neunuebel and his lab have linked the ultrasonic vocalizations made by mice with specific behaviors. It’s a significant advance of our understanding of communication science.

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The use of jargon kills people’s interest in science, politics

February 12, 2020 sarah Jonas Communication, Politics, Science

When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand.

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DHS S&T Selects Georgia Tech Group to Improve Info Sharing & Safeguarding for Public Safety Comms

January 21, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments CISA, Communication, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency, Public Safety, Science And Technology

DHS S&T awarded a $704,000 research-and-development (R&D) contract to Atlanta-based Georgia Tech Applied Research Center (GTARC) to address a crucial gap in the trustmark framework for the public safety community’s information sharing and safeguarding (IS&S) capabilities.

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Baylor Study: What Does It Take to Be an ‘Ideal Daughter?’

December 13, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Communication, Mothers, Relationships, Research

The roles of daughters in the family structure and in society are difficult to define and they’re rarely understood – even by daughters themselves – said Allison Alford, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of business communication in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business.

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Communications Device Offers Huge Bandwidth Potential

December 10, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Applied Physics Reviews, Communication, Networks, Physics, Wireless, Wireless Communication

Several countries are building futuristic communication systems using higher frequency electromagnetic waves to transfer more data at faster rates, but they have lacked network components to handle these higher bandwidths. Researcher J. Gary Eden proved his new device can rapidly switch functionality to perform the varied tasks needed to support a network with carrier frequencies of over 100 gigahertz. The miniscule-scale architecture concealed within the sugar cube blocks is described in Applied Physics Reviews.

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Bridging Climate Change Disconnects

November 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, Communication

There is overwhelming evidentiary support and consensus within the scientific community related to climate change, but an NMU professor says the keys to meaningful change include effective communication that recognizes the sources of resistance and connects with audience members through an emphasis on shared values.

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