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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: Advertising, Alumni & Friends, Staff, Journalism, Faculty, Dean's Student Ambassadors
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: Advertising, Faculty, CoMC News, Spotlight, Research, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, Communication Studies
Oct 14, 2019
With so much information floating around, it's hard for users to sort through it all and know what is credible and what is not. According to new research by Erik Bucy, the Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor of Strategic Communication in the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University, a certain level of procedural news knowledge – background information about how mainstream media operate – helps users sort legitimate content from disinformation.
tags: CoMC News, Research, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Faculty, Spotlight
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, Faculty, CoMC News
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: Faculty, Research, Journalism, Spotlight, Creative Media Industries, CoMC News
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, Faculty, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
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: Center for Communication Research, Creative Media Industries, CoMC News, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Faculty, Research, Communication Studies, Journalism
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: CoMC News, Spotlight, Research, Communication Studies, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, Faculty
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: Spotlight, Research, CoMC News, Advertising, Faculty
Sep 25, 2019
The training program will educate people on how to distinguish predatory journals from legitimate ones.
tags: Research, Faculty, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Center for Communication Research
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, Communication Studies, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, Advertising, Media Strategies, Faculty, CoMC News, Journalism, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Spotlight, Research
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: Faculty, Advertising, Students, CoMC News
Aug 15, 2019
As the 2019-20 academic year begins, there are new faces to welcome to Texas Tech University. This year’s cohort from the College of Media & Communication Doctoral Program is filled with well-accomplished and driven individuals from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
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, Alumni & Friends, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Advertising, Ph.D., Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication, Creative Media Industries, M.A., Center for Communication Research, Students, Faculty, Research, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, Media Strategies
Alumna Marisa Hohensee (M.A. MCOM, 2018) was among one of many sports media students who used her time in the program to gain real-world experience with an internship as a Festival-Support Community Outreach Intern with the 2018 Orange Bowl in Miami.
Jun 3, 2019
College of Media & Communication master's student Jeanette Moya has always drawn strength from larger-than-life types of characters that exemplify power, strength and honor.
May 23, 2019
More than 50 College of Media & Communication faculty, students and alumni will participate in the 69th annual International Communication Association Conference, to be held May 24-28, in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
tags: Faculty, Research, Ph.D., Center for Communication Research, CoMC News, Alumni & Friends, Students, M.A.
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