{"id":27409,"date":"2021-03-31T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?page_id=27409"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:21:10","slug":"for-the-press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-the-press\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College of Communication is home to researchers and issue experts prepared to inform news reporting on pressing communication and media issues of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burt Glass<br>Email: bglass@bu.edu<br>Phone: 617.358.0460<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-cta block-cta-button\">\n\t<div class=\"block-cta__content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"block-cta__title\">COM Experts<\/h2>\n\t\t<p class=\"block-cta__description\">Search a directory of College of Communication faculty available for interviews by topic.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-cta__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"block-cta__button button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/for-the-press\/bu-experts\/?q=College+of+Communication\">\n\t\t\t\tCOM EXPERTS\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"related-content related-research\">\n\t\t<div class=\"related-content__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"related-content__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRecent Research\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"related-content__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"related-content__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"research-card post-45889 bu-research type-bu-research status-publish hentry discipline-type-media-science research-type-research research-topic-social-media research-topic-tobacco research-topic-youth\">\n\t<div class=\"research-card__link\">\n\n\t\t<h4 class=\"research-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/how-effective-are-national-tobacco-prevention-and-cessation-campaigns-in-reaching-youth-population-assessment-of-tobacco-and-health-wave-7-insights\/\">\n\t\t\t\tHow effective are national tobacco prevention and cessation campaigns in reaching&hellip;\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/how-effective-are-national-tobacco-prevention-and-cessation-campaigns-in-reaching-youth-population-assessment-of-tobacco-and-health-wave-7-insights\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The study concludes that while national tobacco prevention and cessation campaigns are effectively reaching youth at high risk for tobacco&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"research-card__topic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/social-media\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSocial Media\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/tobacco\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTobacco\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/youth\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYouth\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__date\">\n\t\t\tApril 8, 2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"research-card post-45928 bu-research type-bu-research status-publish hentry discipline-type-public-relations research-topic-communication-management research-topic-dei\">\n\t<div class=\"research-card__link\">\n\n\t\t<h4 class=\"research-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/rhetorical-reason-giving-through-image-restoration-strategies-in-corporate-responses-to-dei-pushback-a-content-analysis-of-publicly-articulated-corporate-position-statements\/\">\n\t\t\t\tRhetorical reason-giving through image restoration strategies in corporate responses to DEI&hellip;\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/rhetorical-reason-giving-through-image-restoration-strategies-in-corporate-responses-to-dei-pushback-a-content-analysis-of-publicly-articulated-corporate-position-statements\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This study examines how corporations engage in rhetorical reason-giving through image restoration strategies when responding to public pushback against diversity,&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"research-card__topic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/communication-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommunication Management\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/dei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDEI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 30, 2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"research-card post-45374 bu-research type-bu-research status-publish hentry discipline-type-media-science research-topic-internet-history research-topic-platform-governance\">\n\t<div class=\"research-card__link\">\n\n\t\t<h4 class=\"research-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/technologies-of-participation-a-history-of-the-symbolic-framework-for-networked-computers-as-a-speech-system\/\">\n\t\t\t\tTechnologies of participation: a history of the symbolic framework for networked&hellip;\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/technologies-of-participation-a-history-of-the-symbolic-framework-for-networked-computers-as-a-speech-system\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In Reno v. ACLU, 521\u2009U.S. 844 (1997), the Supreme Court encountered the internet and defined it as a speech system&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"research-card__topic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/internet-history\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternet History\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/platform-governance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlatform Governance\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 28, 2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"research-card post-45247 bu-research type-bu-research status-publish hentry discipline-type-media-science research-topic-eye-tracking research-topic-health-warning-labels\">\n\t<div class=\"research-card__link\">\n\n\t\t<h4 class=\"research-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/systematic-review-of-eye-tracking-experiments-evaluating-tobacco-health-warning-labels\/\">\n\t\t\t\tSystematic review of eye-tracking experiments evaluating tobacco health warning labels\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research\/systematic-review-of-eye-tracking-experiments-evaluating-tobacco-health-warning-labels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This systematic review examines eye-tracking experiments evaluating the effects of tobacco health warning labels (HWLs) on visual attention. We focus&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"research-card__topic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/eye-tracking\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEye Tracking\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"research-card__cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"research-card__cat-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/research-topic\/health-warning-labels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHealth Warning Labels\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"research-card__date\">\n\t\t\tDecember 30, 2025\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"related-content related-articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"related-content__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"related-content__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews &amp; 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