After the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, online influencers quickly spread conspiracy theories that it was an elaborate hoax.

ChatGPT Images 2.0 can search the web in real time, process up to eight image outputs at once and offer renderings in a wider range of languages.

The thoughts and opinions about Melania Trump’s surprising Epstein remarks

Michelle Amazeen says oil and gas money is fueling conflicts of interest.

Welcome to 'The COMversation', where we sit down with leading faculty researchers to celebrate the impact of communication research. Hosted by the Communication Research Center, this series offers casual, insightful conversations that uncover the real-world relevance of communication expertise. Our guests break down their work and make complex ideas approachable and exciting for everyone. Whether you're curious about the role of communication in society or simply love learning from experts, this podcast invites you to explore how communication shapes our world, one conversation at a time.

From eHarmony to Hinge — BU assistant professor of media science Kathryn Coduto says the evolution of dating apps over time has changed how people view relationships.

Algorithms and seemingly innocuous posts like "what I eat in a day" videos are where dangerous eating behaviors begin, experts warn.

Local governments and academic institutions haven’t always aligned their goals and priorities. But for either sector to unlock artificial intelligence’s potential, they must work more closely together...

Gaming can serve as an effective method of stress management and emotional regulation—and that may be why people game in the first place.

From a disinformation expert.

To be a great business leader, a chief executive officer must be a great communicator. That belief, hardly controversial, has…

Americans are closely following news of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Minnesota and other cities across the…

Reports of the death of dating apps, as Mark Twain might say, are greatly exaggerated. That’s one finding of the…

Americans’ understanding of the problem of climate change hasn’t changed, but their faith in corporations’ promises to address the issue…

Researcher Kathryn D. Coduto has studied why it’s hard to disconnect from cases like those of Karen Read or Gabby Petito.

The president has posted dozens of pieces of synthetic media, including deepfakes, since he returned to the White House in January, according to an NBC News review.

Almost three out of four Americans (73%) across political lines agree that the First Amendment should protect private speakers, like…

An overwhelming majority of Americans across the political spectrum support protections against “deepfakes” in media that use a person’s voice…

Charlotte Howell has always watched a lot of television, both because she loves it and because it’s her job. The…

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18,000 individual donors, Instagram and TikTok views have kept Deja Foxx — a once longshot Gen Z candidate — competitive in the race for a congressional seat in Arizona.

On behalf of the Communication Research Center, we're thrilled to welcome our newest tenure-track faculty to the Boston University College of Communication: Xiaoya Jiang, Susanna S. Lee, Morgan Weiland, and JING YANG, joining the Department of Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations, and Joshua Baldwin, joining the Division of Emerging Media Studies. We’re so excited to have these accomplished scholars as part of our community. We look forward to supporting your work and collaborating in the semesters ahead! 👋

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It’s time to break the government’s stranglehold on information and use AI to decentralize power, write Eric Gordon and Neil Kleiman.

When dating apps like Tinder and Bumble were gaining popularity in the mid-2010s, Katy Coduto was not that impressed. “I…