Written by: Julia.Kitchen@unt.edu
The Department of Communication Studies was well represented at the inaugural University
Research Day on October 5, 2023. Four Communication Studies students were selected
among many undergraduate, graduate, and faculty applicants to present at the Research
Day poster session.
Presentations included:
- Undergraduate student Brianna Branscomb, Unmasking digital blackface: TikTok's memetic landscape and the viral nature of cultural
exploitation
- Graduate student Trevor Holcombe, "Step UP and PreEP UP!": A textual analysis of HIV medication commercials
- Graduate student Meredith Stuart, Photographing Black Nationalist Nationhood: Soldiers or Terrorists?
- Graduate student Adrian Tam, Gender Differences and TikTok Use in Loneliness among Young Adults in Malaysia
We're so proud of our COMM students!