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Jun 8, 2021
The College of Media & Communication congratulates Matalee Fangman on being awarded the Texas Tech Parents Association Student Achievement Leadership Award.
tags: Dean's Student Ambassadors, Research, Public Relations, Transformative Undergraduate Experience
Mar 31, 2021
The College of Media & Communication honored two female journalists for their bravery and perseverance in the field, recognizing their commitment to free speech with the Excellence in International Journalism and Human Rights Award.
tags: Journalism, Faculty, JCMI, Research, Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication, M.A., Ph.D.
Mar 31, 2021
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) held its annual Midwinter Conference March 5-6, and Texas Tech College of Media & Communication faculty, graduate students, and program alumni made for a strong presence in the event’s schedule.
tags: Center for Communication Research, Research, Alumni & Friends, CoMC News, Faculty
Mar 4, 2021
Doctoral student Jesse Starkey, research assistant and graduate part-time instructor, is a first-hand recipient of the insightful opportunities provided by the College of Media & Communication research programs.
Jan 29, 2021
For Ioana Coman, Ph.D., an assistant professor in public relations, observing disinformation amidst a global pandemic parallels her interest in crisis communication.
tags: CoMC News, Research, Faculty, Public Relations
Dec 9, 2020
Working alongside CoMC faculty mentors, three CoMC undergraduate researchers gain first-hand experience and explore the academic world by assisting and conducting research in the areas of communication behavior and social robotics.
tags: Students, Research, Faculty, Center for Communication Research
Dec 9, 2020
Make a gift to the CoMC Fund for Excellence and support transformative educational experiences for students throughout the college.
tags: Transformative Undergraduate Experience, CoMC News, Students, Immersive Learning, Alumni & Friends, Research
Dec 9, 2020
Associate professors Kerk Kee, Ph.D., and Catherine Langford, Ph.D., individually receive grants that analyze and implement communication concepts in unique areas, including navigating STEM’s big data and assessing perceptions of health insurance and healthcare costs.
tags: Alumni & Friends, Research, Communication Studies, CoMC News, Digital Media & Professional Communication
Dec 9, 2020
CoMC journalism instructor Lucinda Holt and Manchester Metropolitan University colleague Eleanor Shember-Critchley, Ph.D., forge an international connection for their students in joint coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
tags: Research, Student Organizations, Journalism, Students, Faculty
Feb 20, 2020
Haoran Chu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University, studies how motivation is affected by message framing.
tags: Research, Public Relations, CoMC News, Faculty, Spotlight
Feb 19, 2020
Bolanle Olaniran, a professor of communication studies in the Texas Tech College of Media & Communication, studies organizational communication in a variety of ways, still focusing on the computer-mediated side, but paying attention to new technologies, such as social media, and their impact.
tags: CoMC News, Spotlight, Research, Communication Studies, Faculty
Feb 7, 2020
A professor in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media Industries at the Texas Tech College of Media & Communication, Eko's work focuses on media and communication in a variety of forms – human rights, freedom of expression and comparative and international communication.
tags: Research, CoMC News, Spotlight, Creative Media Industries, Faculty, Journalism
Jan 15, 2020
The College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University has been leading the charge to meet the demand for broader curriculum offerings and research related to video games. Megan Condis, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication studies, is one of the faculty members who have been brought on board to do just that.
tags: CoMC News, Research, Faculty, Spotlight, Communication Studies
Jan 6, 2020
Kerk Kee, Ph.D., an associate professor of professional communication in Texas Tech University's College of Media & Communication, is using his NSF CAREER grant to develop a framework to measure, build and improve virtual organizations’ capacity.
tags: CoMC News, Research, Faculty, Spotlight, Digital Media & Professional Communication
Dec 1, 2019
Nick Bowman, Ph.D., an associate professor of journalism & creative media industries in Texas Tech University's College of Media & Communication, has been awarded funding from the U.S. Fulbright Program to travel to Taiwan to engage in further research on the subject of video games and interactivity.
tags: CoMC News, Research, Journalism, Creative Media Industries, Faculty, Spotlight, Center for Communication Research
Dec 1, 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: Ph.D., Research, Alumni & Friends
Dec 1, 2019
Rebecca Densley is a stand-out alumna who earned her Ph.D. earlier this year.
tags: Research, Ph.D., Alumni & Friends, Faculty
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 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, Public Relations, Communication Studies, CoMC News, Faculty, Research, Spotlight
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: Research, Spotlight, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Faculty, CoMC News