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Hub Brown: How Lived Experience Shapes Storytelling

“Every human story has value,” says Hub Brown, Dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. Dean Brown shares how individuals and universities can break through the… Continue Reading Hub Brown: How Lived Experience Shapes Storytelling
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Emotions Make Us Blind to Political Lies

Anger and anxiety seem to be driving the polls this election cycle. As emotions run wild, people are more likely to be grab on to misinformation purported by others in… Continue Reading Emotions Make Us Blind to Political Lies
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