Communication, PhD at George Mason University

The PhD in Communication explores key issues in the discipline such as communicating complex information, social influence and behavior change, the digital divide, public advocacy, intercultural sensitivity, media literacy, and national security. The PhD program offers three major areas of emphasis: health communication; science, environment, and risk communication; and strategic communication. Faculty and students conduct research concerning health communication, risk communication, climate change communication, science communication, crisis management, organizational communication, media systems, public communication campaigns, new information technologies, communication policy, and media advocacy.

Faculty: College of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 90 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 90 credits. Curriculum courses listed include Building Social Science Theory; Theories and Research of Mass Communication; Intercultural Communication; Persuasion Theory; Theories of Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Communication.

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