Program Overview
The PhD in Communication program at UMass Amherst is an international, interdisciplinary program that approaches communication as a primary social process. It offers research opportunities in film studies, media effects, rhetoric, social interaction, and more. The program is known for its R1-level research productivity, emphasis on social justice, and comparative international focus.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The PhD in Communication program at UMass Amherst is an international, interdisciplinary, and boundary-spanning graduate program with a vision of social justice. It approaches communication as the primary social process through which social realities are constituted, maintained, and changed. The program offers opportunities to pursue communication theory and research in the following areas:
- Film studies
- Media effects and popular culture
- Media, technology, and society
- Rhetoric and performance studies
- Social interaction and culture The program is known for its:
- R1-level research productivity
- Interdisciplinary, boundary-spanning scholarship
- Social justice perspective
- Comparative and international focus
Other:
The program emphasizes the emergence of communication as a multifaceted social science discipline, connected to both the search for new perspectives on contemporary problems and the profusion of technologies of communication.
