Graduate program in communication and culture

The city's central location means that you will have access to many resources, including adjunct faculty and visiting lecturers and exposure to many culture- and communication-based industries and activities. Nathaniel Brunt, Communication and Culture PhD student and Trudeau Scholar, explores how photography plays a role in memory and history. All on-campus activities are postponed until further notice.

Continue to stay tuned to our Covid page for updates. Search Site and People. Communication and Culture. Home Toggle navigation. You are now in the main content area. In terms of research approaches, our communication graduate programs strongly favor mixed methodologies. While some faculty conduct content, network and other statistical analyses, other are more qualitatively oriented, engaged in discourse analysis, in-depth interviews and ethnography.

Many of the faculty cross these methodological divides, equally sympathetic to all. Learn more. The doctoral degree program in communication is built on a highly collegial culture. Faculty regard students as junior colleagues who teach their own courses and co-write conference papers, articles, and even books. The students carry this culture one-step further: On their own initiative, they collaboratively write professional papers.

Arjun Appadurai, who retired this year from the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication has been recognized for "open[ing] new domains and new methods for anthropological research. From algebraic patterns woven on a hand loom to artificial-life simulations, a new book by Media, Culture, and Communication Professor Galloway charts the history of digital media.

The Media, Culture, and Communication professor is one of 25 exceptional individuals recognized by the MacArthur Foundation for creating objects of beauty and awe, advancing our understanding of society, and fomenting change to improve the human condition.

Over the past five years, graduates of the Media, Culture, and Communication doctoral program have published well received books on topics spanning the field of media studies. A new book by Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication Brett Gary documents the 20th century legal battles over sexual mores, literary expression, and media consumption. Media, Culture, and Communication. Welcome to the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication We specialize in the study of media and technology in their cultural, social, and global contexts.