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2019 Communication Summer Session Courses!
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have revolutionized the ways in which people work, play, exchange information, and manage personal relationships. Therefore, there is a strong demand for scholars that understand the foundations of human communication and can put those skills to use in academic and industry contexts. Scholars who focus on the study of ICTs are concerned with the uses and effects of communication technology. Contexts of study include social media, video games and virtual reality, mobile technology, technology and development, diffusion of ICT, social impacts of algorithms and artificial intelligence, computer-mediated communication, cyberbullying, human-computer interaction, online communities and collaboration, as well as the digitalization of communication in public and private sectors. Methodological training needed to address these questions includes traditional methods, such as experiments and surveys, along with network analysis and emerging computational methods.
Communication Faculty: Drew Cingel, Heather Hether, Martin Hilbert, Nicholas Palomares, Jorge Peña, Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Jingwen Zhang. Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Barnett continues to work with graduate students in the program.
"What can I do with this?"
ICT graduates can work in academia, industry, or public sectors. Example career opportunities include tenure-track faculty, user experience researcher, and social media marketing manager.
"As a Ph.D.student, I have worked on several projects in video games and virtual environments with Professor Jorge Peña. I also developed and explored original ideas in the field of mental health persuasive technology with guidance from faculty members, whose knowledge in the field of information and communication technology benefitted my work a lot. Encouraged by the faculty and the positive feedback my work has received, I hope to continue my research work in the field of software health applications."