Communication professors Miriam Metzger and Andrew Flanagin were awarded a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to explore people’s understandings of credibility across the wide range of digital information resources available today.
Professor Howard Giles received the Reserve Officer of the Year Award at the Santa Barbara Police Department 2006 Employee Recognition and Reserve Officers Appreciation Program, January 31, 2007.
Department of Communication Major and Senior Honor's Student Nicole Anderson has been named a Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
René Weber has been awarded the Sevenone Media Research Award. Sevenone Inc. is associated with two of Germany's major TV networks (SAT1, PRO7) and is responsible for the networks’ marketing activities.
Communication lecturer Debra Lieberman was awarded a research grant on "Effects of Narrative and Nurturing in a Health Video Game: A Comparative Study of Video Game Features."
Cynthia Stohl has been awarded a grant with Professor Shiv Ganesh of the University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand from the Royal Society of New Zealand's Marsden Fund Council.
