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Jan 6, 2020
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations in 1999, Randy Wade is welcomed back to the College of Media & Communication as Director of Development.
tags: Staff, Spotlight, CoMC News, Alumni & Friends, Public Relations
Dec 18, 2019
Students in PR 4412, Public Relations Campaigns, are working to rebuild and strengthen the local student chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit group focused on providing affordable housing for low- to middle-income people in the Hub City area.
tags: Public Relations, CoMC News, Faculty, Students
Dec 5, 2019
Rebecca Densley is a stand-out alumna who earned her Ph.D. earlier this year.
tags: Alumni & Friends, Faculty, Research, PhD
Dec 5, 2019
Derrick Holland (Ph.D., 2019), is one of many Ph.D. alumni who have gone on to secure prestigious opportunities upon graduating from the CoMC program.
tags: PhD, Alumni & Friends, Research
Nov 7, 2019
Hosted by the Department of Advertising & Brand Strategy in the College of Media & Communication, the 2019 Hub City Student Advertising Competition brought teams of Lubbock-area college students together to create, develop and pitch an advertising campaign to real-world client, University Medical Center.
tags: Advertising, Staff, Faculty, Students, CoMC News
Oct 31, 2019
The College of Media & Communication offers a variety of graduate student assistantship opportunities for students in our master’s and doctoral programs. In addition to tuition fee waivers and monthly stipends, graduate students on assistantships receive quality experience that can help prepare them for careers as communication professionals, researchers and educators.
Oct 24, 2019
Texas Tech University’s College of Media & Communication recently honored three graduates during the annual Outstanding Alumni Awards ceremony at the Overton Hotel on Oct. 18.
tags: Journalism, Faculty, Alumni & Friends, Staff, Dean's Student Ambassadors, Advertising
Oct 8, 2019
As the Hispanic population continues to grow in the U.S., so does the representation of Hispanic characters on television. Punyanunt-Carter, along with assistant professor Marilda Oviedo and instructor Samer Melhem, studied college students' perceptions and portrayals of Hispanics on television and how those potentially impact their beliefs about race.
tags: CoMC News, Communication Studies, Research, Faculty
Oct 4, 2019
David D. Perlmutter, Ph.D., professor and dean of the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication, was inducted as president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) on Aug. 9 at the annual AEJMC conference in Toronto.
Oct 4, 2019
Nick Bowman, an associate professor of journalism and creative media industries in Texas Tech University's College of Media & Communication, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to study augmented and virtual reality tools. This award will put Texas Tech and the College of Media & Communication at the forefront of this technology as it is used for information, persuasion and entertainment.
tags: Journalism, CoMC News, Creative Media Industries, Faculty, Research, Spotlight
Oct 2, 2019
With tremendous support from CoMC faculty and the student officers of the former TechPR group, the Texas Tech PRSSA chapter has found its new home in CoMC. The PRSSA, or the Public Relations Student Society of America, is the student chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the non-profit trade organization for industry professionals and educators with more than 30,000 members around the world.
tags: CoMC News, Public Relations, Communication Studies, Faculty, Students, Student Organizations
Sep 27, 2019
Kent Wilkinson and the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic & International Communication promote intercultural awareness and education.
Sep 27, 2019
Faculty from the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication have been awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation, a prominent source of federal funding and an unusual funding agency for communications-related fields.
tags: Journalism, CoMC News, Faculty, Creative Media Industries, Center for Communication Research, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Research, Communication Studies
Sep 27, 2019
The research shows how communication between students and their mothers and fathers differ based on gender and intact-versus-divorced families.
tags: Spotlight, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Faculty, Research, Public Relations
Sep 27, 2019
Asheley Landrum is collaborating with KQED in California to study science media engagement among millennials after receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation.
tags: Research, CoMC News, Advertising, Faculty, Spotlight
Sep 25, 2019
The training program will educate people on how to distinguish predatory journals from legitimate ones.
tags: Faculty, CoMC News, Center for Communication Research, Research, Communication Studies
Sep 1, 2019
The Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication is proud to welcome 13 new full-time faculty members to its ranks for the 2019-2020 academic year. These industry professionals and research experts will help meet the needs of our growing student body while producing scholarly work and research partnerships that support Texas Tech’s Tier One status.
tags: Creative Media Industries, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Journalism, Research, Faculty, Spotlight, Public Relations, Advertising, CoMC News, Media Strategies, Communication Studies
Aug 26, 2019
After serving as vice president and president-elect, David Perlmutter will be installed at the organization’s annual conference today.
Aug 26, 2019
The Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication Department of Advertising has elected to change its name from Advertising to Advertising & Brand Strategy to better reflect the current curriculum of the program.
tags: Advertising, Students, CoMC News, Faculty
Aug 2, 2019
More than two dozen Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication faculty, students and alumni will participate in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 102nd Annual Conference, scheduled for August 7-10, 2019, in Toronto, Canada.
tags: Journalism, PhD, M.A., CoMC News, Media Strategies, Advertising, Faculty, Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication, Public Relations, Communication Studies, Center for Communication Research, Creative Media Industries, Students, Research, Alumni & Friends, Digital Media & Professional Communication