Ph.D. Alumna Pursues Career at Trinity University
Dec 1, 2019
Rebecca Densley is a stand-out alumna who earned her Ph.D. earlier this year.
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CoMC Department of Advertising & Brand Strategy Hosted Student Advertising Competition
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: Students, Faculty, Advertising, CoMC News, Staff
CoMC Graduate Student Assistantships
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.
College of Media & Communication Alumni Recognized for Excellence at Annual Event
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
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.
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CoMC Regents Professor Studies News Knowledge's Impact on Digital Disinformation
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.
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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.
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CoMC Dean Inducted as AEJMC President
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.
CoMC Professor Receives Fulbright Award to Study Augmented, Virtual Reality
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.
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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.
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CoMC Faculty Awarded Prestigious NSF Grants
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.
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Professors Analyze Communication Motives, Patterns Between Parents and College Students
Sep 27, 2019
The research shows how communication between students and their mothers and fathers differ based on gender and intact-versus-divorced families.
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Professor Continues NSF-Funded Project Studying Engagement with Science Media
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
Grant to Develop Training for Recognizing Predatory Publishing
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
CoMC Welcomes New Faculty for 2019 School Year
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.
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College of Media & Communication Dean Inducted as President of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Aug 26, 2019
After serving as vice president and president-elect, David Perlmutter will be installed at the organization’s annual conference today.
CoMC Department of Advertising Transitions to New Name
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
College of Media & Communication Welcomes New Ph.D. Student Cohort
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.
CoMC to participate in AEJMC Annual Conference
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.
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