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Reinventing Startup Ownership

Aug. 25, 2020

Part of the College of Media, Communication and Information, MEDLab is a think tank for community ownership and governance in media organizations. One of its programs, Exit to Community, partners with interested startups to explore and develop alternative exit pathways through policy research and popular education. This month, Exit to Community will host two webinars focused on corporate social responsibility and exploring new alternatives to standard models of startup ownership.

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CMCI Now: #TunedIn: 10 Things Worth Checking Out Now

Aug. 19, 2020

A curated list of articles by, and featuring, CMCI researchers for your reading, watching and listening pleasure. Dig in!

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CMCI Now: Back From the Past

Aug. 18, 2020

Media Production students cluster around a table in CU Boulder’s Museum of Natural History as Emily Braker, the museum’s collections manager, reveals their subjects: a snake in a jar, taxidermied birds, a series of skulls and an array of other specimens dating back to the early 1900s. Their task? Take advantage of 2020 technology to reanimate the objects for an assignment in their Introduction to Extended Realities course.

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CMCI Now: Global Dimensions of PR

Aug. 18, 2020

What is public relations? Who does it? And for what purpose? These may seem like simple questions, but for Professor Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, they’re critical. The answers, he says, have long been far too limited, with a focus on corporate organizations in America and Europe that has left out much of the world.

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CMCI Now: Going Digital with Dignity

Aug. 18, 2020

Renaissance woman, multipotentialite, polymath––however you prefer to say it, Shamika Goddard is the type of person you’ll never find doing just one thing. This summer, she took on yet another project: entrepreneurship. Commemorating both Juneteenth and her grandmother’s 71st birthday, she launched the Tech Chaplaincy Institute on June 19, 2020.

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CMCI Now: Pivoting During the Pandemic

Aug. 17, 2020

As COVID-19 has forced many businesses to rethink their models, alumni near and far are leaning into creativity and nostalgia to meet the moment while supporting their communities.

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Summer at CMCI Now

Aug. 14, 2020

Read stories and updates in the latest issue of our award-winning magazine.

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Film Buffs Unite! CU Boulder’s First Mimesis Documentary Festival brings Filmmakers, Documentary Enthusiasts Together

Aug. 5, 2020

The Mimesis Documentary Festival will bring filmmakers together for an immersive week of film screenings and discussions. The virtual presentation––free to all CU Boulder students, faculty and staff––will be held Aug. 12 through 18.

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CU Boulder faculty and grad students earn seven top-paper awards at AEJMC 2020

July 31, 2020

University of Colorado at Boulder faculty and students from the College of Media, Communication and Information will accept seven top-paper awards at this year’s Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference.

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Consumers are demanding that companies act more ethically. The good news: moral reasoning is on the rise among advertising pros, study shows

July 15, 2020

Researchers behind the new study, “Advertising Primed: How Professional Identity Affects Moral Reasoning,” found that today’s practitioners are engaging in a significantly higher rate of moral reasoning than those previously tested.

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