Avery Whitehead interned at Precision Strategies as a Communications Intern this past summer. She is from Baltimore, MD, and is a Political Science and Public Relations major minoring in Women’s Studies and obtaining a Public Affairs Professional Certificate. She has been a campus tour guide at the UGA Visitors Center for two years, and is a member…
Tag: Research
AdPR Students Represent Grady Undergraduate Research at 2018 CURO Symposium
AdPR students shed light of the importance of research in the communications field at this year’s CURO Symposium.
AdPR students compete in national competition that strives to improve childhood cancer treatment methods
Since 1973, the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) has hosted an annual case study competition for college public relations students across the nation. This is an opportunity for four to five students to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom and in their internships to create and implement a full-blown public relations campaign…
AdPR doctoral students earn recognition for research
Congratulations to Jung Min Hahm and Hyejin Bang, two doctoral students in the Advertising and Public Relations department who earned recognition for outstanding research conducted in the graduate program. Jung Min Hahm was awarded the Dean Krugman Graduate Student Travel Award. “I feel excited and honored to have been chosen for the Dean Krugman Graduate…
UGA AdPR research: Brands, Friends and Viral Advertising
By: Jameson L. Hayes, Karen Whitehill King and Artemio Ramirez Jr. (2016). Journal of Interactive Marketing. What causes an advertisement to go “viral” on the web? The compelling nature of the content certainly plays a role. But, can existing social media relationships enhance viral activity? A recent national study in the Journal of Interactive Marketing…
Visiting scholar Marc Weinberger presents spring lecture series: AdPR Focus on Research
The Department of Advertising & Public Relations at the University of Georgia is pleased to welcome Dr. Marc Weinberger as he returns as an in-residence visiting research scholar. “I have returned each year since spring of 2012, because of the welcoming and talented faculty as well as the departments national reputation for excellence,” said Weinberger….
Advertising Faculty Member at Grady College Sees Life through Virtual Reality
Some people go through life as optimists. Others are pessimists. But, for Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn, an assistant professor of advertising at Grady College, she is a realist—a virtual realist. Virtual reality is becoming part of the everyday lexicon for many consumers, but it has been in Ahn’s everyday vocabulary for nearly 10 years. While…
Visiting Scholars from the University of Amsterdam discuss Advertising’s Effects on Consumers
The advertising and public relations department was pleased to welcome visiting scholars, Dr. Sophie C. Boerman and Eva A. van Reijmersdal, from the University of Amsterdam last week to discuss their research in the communication and advertising fields. Grady College has been working with the communication program at the University of Amsterdam for several years…