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Professors Analyze Social Media's Impact on Mental Health in Emerging Adults

Oct 23, 2019

In the last decade, the popularity of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat has skyrocketed. Eric Rasmussen, an associate professor and director of the doctoral program in Texas Tech University's College of Media & Communication, led a team of researchers on a study to see what about social-media use impacts emerging adults' mental well-being.

tags: Research, Communication Studies, Advertising, Public Relations, Faculty, Spotlight, CoMC News

CoMC Professors Analyze College Students' Perceptions of Hispanics in Media

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: Research, Communication Studies, CoMC News, Faculty

TechPR is now the Texas Tech Chapter of the PRSSA

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: Student Organizations, Students, Public Relations, Faculty, CoMC News, Communication Studies

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