JACR is heading to the Aspen Engaged Conference (July 25–27, Fort Collins, CO)! 🌿 Keynotes from Shiv Ganesh and Joshua Scacco, plus presentations from Angela Gist-Mackey and Rahul Mitra & Mitch McSparin on community-engaged projects. See you there! #CommunicationResearch #AspenEngaged

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You're invited to attend our FREE live webinar! Learn all about peer reviewing - how to assess papers, write reports, navigate ethical considerations and more! Register here: spr.ly/6006BBOW84 (Missed our previous sessions? You can still attend this one!)

(1/2) Headed to #ICA2026? Join JACR in Cape Town (June 5–8)! 📊 24 Editorial Board members 📊 3 Associate Editors 📊 53 presentations Come see our editors in action and learn more about the journal! #CommunicationResearch #AppliedCom

#ConferenceSoWhite: “Only 9.37% of presentations were race-related. Most large divisions scheduled race scholarship on the first or last…day or during early morning sessions and empaneled a smaller proportion of race-related scholarship than NCA more broadly.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Conferencesowhite: The percentage and placement of race scholarship at the national communication association annual conventions, 2005–2024

The Communication discipline has faced criticism concerning the systematic embeddedness of whiteness within its disciplinary norms. This study examined NCA’s annual convention presentation titles (...

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How are you putting communication research into action? If you’re integrating communication research into teaching, service learning, or policy projects, tag @jacr-official.bsky.social and use #AppliedCommunication. We’d love to repost work that connects comm research to broader social impacts.

Rest in peace, Karl Weick! I appreciate your innovative theorizing about actively seeking and sharing relevant information to adapt to difficult situations encountered in life. Thank you my esteemed friend and mentor! Karl E. Weick - Wikipedia share.google/C5zEg051dPTG...

Introducing Volume 76, Issue 2, April 2026 of Journal of Communication! Check it out here: academic.oup.com/joc/issue

Please say hello to JACR's new Editorial Assistant, Mitch McSparin. Mitch is a first year Ph.D. student at the Wayne State Department of Communication, after completing his M.A. in Applied Communication Studies from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

We are delighted to welcome Kai Kuang (Tsinghua University), Andrew Iliadis (Temple University), and Joshua M. Scacco, PhD (University of South Florida) as new Associate Editors at the Journal of Applied Communication Research. #JACR #AppliedCommunication #AcademicPublishing

Legal jargon doesn't just confuse jurors -- it biases them. New research in JACR finds complex courtroom language leads to harsher verdicts and less trust in the justice system. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nominations are open for NCA's Applied Communication Division research awards! Articles, books & special issues (2025-2026) eligible. Self-nominations encouraged. Submit via NCA website. Questions → maxerd31@umd.edu #AppliedCommunication #NCA2026

New in the Journal of Applied Communication Research: How do TV portrayals of police shape attitudes toward law enforcement? “Conversations that highlight the populations most impacted by the criminal justice system and law enforcement deserve to be centered.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New in the Journal of Applied Communication Research: Why engaging directly with communities strengthens research measurement. “Our work shows how critical it is to go into the community. Engagement strengthens measurement.” @ldwilliamsonphd.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 New research in JACR explores "communication insurgency" — when participants define change in their own terms, not ours. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Organizational learning in the Marine Corps: an academic-military training partnership

This field report describes a communication intervention conducted with the U.S. Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG). The project was designed to build capacity and organizational kno...

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📣 New research in JACR explores "communication insurgency" — when participants define change in their own terms, not ours. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Organizational learning in the Marine Corps: an academic-military training partnership

This field report describes a communication intervention conducted with the U.S. Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG). The project was designed to build capacity and organizational kno...

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📢 New research shows misinformation doesn't just warp beliefs — it breaks relationships. "When information is partisan and personal, the health of our relationships becomes inseparable from the health of our democracy." @emilyvanduyn.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What is informational is relational: How close relationships are implicated in information quality concerns

In this article, I argue that research on information quality and its effects has focused too much on the individual effects of (mis/dis) information and not enough on both the relational factors a...

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We mourn the passing of William F. “Bill” Eadie (1946–2025), the first editor of JACR and a guiding force in communication scholarship. A generous mentor, leader, and passionate supporter of the arts and his impact is lasting.

📣 At NCA? Meet the JACR team! Scholar Office Hours today, 2:30–3:45 PM, Adams Ballroom B. Chat with editor Heather Zoller + meet the incoming editor. Thinking about submitting or just want to connect? Come say hi! ✨

🚨 Issue 5 of the Journal of Applied Communication Research is now live on Taylor & Francis Online! Print copies will be mailed soon. Explore the latest studies bridging communication theory and practice: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjac20/c...

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📰 The new JACR Newsletter is out! Check your inbox for the latest issue highlights, author features, and updates from the Journal of Applied Communication Research. Didn’t get it? Send us a message to make sure you’re on the list. #JACR #CommResearch

📢 Volume 53, Issue 4 of the Journal of Applied Communication Research is now live on Taylor & Francis! Explore the latest applied communication scholarship here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjac20/c... 📬 Print copies coming soon!

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🌟 Editorial Board Spotlight: Dr. Karma Chávez (UT Austin) 🌟 “Applied scholarship is praxis—where theory + practice converge… a way to build trust with communities in a ‘post truth’ era.” Learn more: liberalarts.utexas.edu/ams/faculty/...

🗳️ The Citizen Questions Model reimagines debates by centering voter priorities, not media agendas. Community-driven questions make debates more transparent, accountable & legitimate. Read in Journal of Applied Communication Research: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New in JACR: Gain-framed, future-oriented messages boost PrEP uptake among Chinese MSM—without raising sexual risk intentions. Study by Yu Guo, Yiwei Li, Yuxuan Wang, Yongkang Hou & Hongzhe Xiang. Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PrEP #HIVPrevention

‘For future gains’: examining the effectiveness of combined messaging techniques on PrEP uptake and sexual risk compensation among Chinese men who have sex with men

This study examined how gain-loss framing, temporal framing, and narrative/non-narrative format influence pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). Utili...

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🌟 Welcome Shobha Pai to JACR as our new Editorial & Social Media Assistant! Excited to have them on board helping share stories, updates, and connect with our community. 💙 Shobha is a second year masters student at the University of Cincinnati. #communicationresearch

📢 New in JACR: Kim, Overton, Wu, Noland & Moon show that support for corporate social advocacy (CSA) depends on efficacy people back companies more when they believe their support can make a difference. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #CSA #JACR

New in JACR: @inbal-leibovits.bsky.social examines how homeless civic actors & allies co-produce knowledge for policy + social change—and how allyship can both open space and unintentionally reinforce exclusion. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Allyship #JACR

Knowing the street: on the production of knowledge between homeless civic actors and their allies in the U.S.

Focusing on a case study of homeless civic actors and their allies in the U.S., this ethnographic study unpacks allyship as a communicative dynamic, exploring how it both facilitates and constrains...

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Applied communication scholarship bridges research + real-world impact. 🌍✨ We’re curious: What does applied scholarship mean to you? Reply and share your perspective—we’d love to hear from our community. #AppliedCommunication #JACR