Graduate Program

The College of Mass Communications Graduate Program at Texas Tech University offers master and doctoral level programs. Both are grounded in theory and expose students to a variety of different methodologies and areas
of discipline.

The Graduate Faculty has made impressive contributions in mass communications research and has a true desire to train future scholars and educators. The College of Mass Communications also has the facilities and resources needed to assist graduate students throughout their collegiate career.

In The News

2/16/12

• Our very own Coy Callison, Shannon Bichard, Liz Gardner and Trent Seltzer have teamed up with physicians from the Brown University Alpert Medical Rhode Island on a research project titled Project CLEAR. The program has already seen success and has begun to gain international attention. For more information, click here.

2/10/12

• Congratulations to Ph.D. students Patrick Merle and Clay Craig for receiving notification that their manuscript "Economic Reporting: Soft and International Perspectives" will be published in an upcoming issue of the Newspaper Research Journal.

1/30/12

• Farnall, O., & Lyons, K. (2012). Are we there yet? A content analysis of ability integrated advertising on prime-time TV. Disability Studies Quarterly 32(1).

1/23/12

• Grimm, J. & Andsager, J. L. (2011). "Framing Immigration: Geo-ethnic Context in California Newspapers." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 88(4). 771-788.
• Robin Haislett's paper, "Third Wave Feminism in Squaresoft's Video Game Final Fantasy VII" has been accepted for presentation at the 2012 AEJMC Midwinter conference at the University of Oklahoma from March 2-3.
• Kelly Kaufhold, Amber Hinsley, and Seth C. Lewis, eds. The Future of News: An Agenda of Perspectives, 2nd ed. (San Diego: Cognella, 2012).
• Chaille Steed and Robin Haislett's paper, "Framing the Mormon faith: How changes in semantic components of texts affect audience evaluation of a political candidate" has been accepted for presentation at the national annual PCA/ACA conference.

1/20/12

• Dr. Autumn Shafer and Dr. Weiwu Zhang were selected to participate in TTU's Transdisciplinary Research Academy, which enhances the research missions of Texas Tech University and tackles issues of global concerns by cultivating interfacing interactions across traditional disciplinary boundaries.