Department · vaiu-com-comm-*

Communication

The scientific study of human and mediated communication — media effects, political communication, interpersonal and organizational communication, and communication technology.

0/5 · designed, queued Programs: Online certificate programs in in Communication, graduate-level certificate in Communication Research, doctoral-level research training-level online seminars, open courses in media literacy.

Research areas

Faculty directory

Department chair · Media Effects

Prof. Oskar Novak

Media effects theory, media psychology, and experimental communication research.

media effects theorymedia psychologyexperimental communication research

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Professor · Political Communication

Prof. Nael Volk

Campaigns and public opinion, news framing and agenda setting, and misinformation and persuasion.

campaigns and public opinionnews framing and agenda settingmisinformation and persuasion

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Professor · Interpersonal & Organizational Communication

Prof. Nina Goss

Relational communication, group and organizational communication, and health communication.

relational communicationgroup and organizational communicationhealth communication

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Professor · Communication Technology

Prof. Ada Rune

Human-computer interaction, social media and networked publics, and virtual and AI-mediated communication.

human-computer interactionsocial media and networked publicsvirtual and AI-mediated communication

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Professor · Computational Communication Research

Prof. Yara Kaine

Computational social science, text-as-data and network analysis, and survey and experimental methods.

computational social sciencetext-as-data and network analysissurvey and experimental methods

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