Research and Instructional Resources within Disciplinary Colleges: COMMUNICATIONS


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In the College of Communications, the Institute of Communications Research, which administers the doctoral program in communications and the B.S. in media studies, is one of the oldest and most distinguished interdisciplinary research centers in the United States. Through its graduates, the institute has spawned many similar programs and institutes around the country. It conducts research and teaches in virtually all areas of communication but concentrates on cultural and media studies, the political economy of communications, information technology and policy, feminist and multicultural perspectives, media and politics, sociology of news, media ethics, international communications, the effects of mass communication, and the psychology and sociology of language. It provides students the opportunity to study and to conduct research with a faculty that combines such disciplines as political science, sociology, psychology, history, and linguistics with the professional fields of telecommunications, advertising , broadcasting, and journalism. Holdings in the Communications Library in Gregory Hall are widely regarded as among the best in the nation.


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