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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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