SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
comm.ohio-state.edu
The Ohio State University School of Communication
seeks to achieve national and international distinction in
research, teaching and service by designing innovative
programs in specific areas of expertise. Strong research
and teaching programs focus on present and future
directions in the field to address the sweeping changes
occurring in communication.
BY THE NUMBERS
Undergraduate Students: 1200 Graduate Students: 71
Faculty: 31
AREAS OF STUDY
Communication Analysis &
Practice
New Media & Communication
Technology
Strategic Communication
Public Affairs Journalism
MA/PHD PROGRAMS
Derby Hall, home to the School of Communication
Communication Technology &
Society; Health Communication
& Social Influence; Mass
Communication Uses & Effects;
Political Communication & Public
Opinion
FACULTY RESEARCH
R. Kelly Garrett, has recently received a highly-competitive, five-year
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award supporting his
research into the ways in which social networks and recommendation
systems influence U.S. political misperceptions. Garrett’s research
agenda concerns online political communication, online news, and
the ways in which citizens and activists use new technologies to shape
their engagement with contentious political topics. This project moves
toward a theoretically grounded and empirically tested understanding
of political misperceptions in the Internet era.
Tackling the challenges of 21st century
communication
RESEARCH
Research Areas: Health
communication, political
communication and public
opinion, media psychology, new
media technology, children
and media, human computer
interaction
FACULTY RESEARCH
ZHENG JOYCE WANG
received NSF- funding for studies of emotion and
motivation in mediated information processing,
examining how they relate to cognition and choice
behavior. She uses dynamic models to explain
their mutual influences, testing them with real time
laboratory data and real world data. This work helps
create more effective communication messages, and
explain and predict interactions with and adaptations to
our continuously changing information environment.
MICHAEL SLATER
The National Institutes of Health supports Slater’s
studies of media effects on beliefs, behavior and
persuasion processes, primarily in public health
(substance abuse/cancer prevention). He is currently
funded to look at alcohol advertising and media
coverage of health, crime, and injuries--and how such
coverage impacts risk perceptions and support for
health-related public policies.
Students in Joyce Wang’s new, state-of-the-art Communication
and Psychophysiology Lab
FACILITIES
New state-of-the-art labs: multimedia teaching &
research; children and media research; human computer
interaction/focus groups; survey and statistics research
and instruction; audience response; multimedia design
and research; gaming research; media integration; and
the Miller Focus Group and Seminar Room.
WHAT SETS US APART
Rigorous and innovative curriculum
High profile internships
Undergraduate research opportunities
Internationally renowned faculty
Top 5 among high impact communication programs
State-of-the-art multimedia classrooms
PARTNERSHIPS
New area for undergrads: new media and
communication technology, focus area explores how
technology is transforming the field of communication
by integrating course work from communication,
computer science, design, psychology, and business
to facilitate understanding of interactive technology,
evaluating user experience and communicating with
users from varying levels of technical proficiency.
Faculty include: Kelly Garrett, Brandon Vanderheide,
Jessie Fox, Roselyn Lee, and David DeAndrea
Multiplatform labs and podcasting studio
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
3016 DERBY HALL, 154 N OVAL MALL
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210
(614) 292-3400
Director: Carroll Glynn
5.2012-SR