The Department of Communication is one of the largest academic departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, with nearly 400 undergraduate majors and a moderately-sized master's degree program. The department offers programs of study in Public Relations, Journalism, Electronic Media, and Human Communication. The MA program offers advanced studies in these areas. With seven tenured or tenure-track faculty members and nearly twice as many lecturers and adjunct faculty, the department boasts a broad range of training, talent, and teaching experience.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Prescription for Doctors: An Interpretive Analysis of Messages Portrayed by Websites Targeting Potential Medical Students, Kelly Oehler
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Student Perceptions of Instructional Communication Behaviors, Samuel A. Crecelius
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Student Perceptions of Instructional Communication Behaviors, Samuel A. Crecelius
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
A Feminist Criticism of Work-Related Advice in Essence and Glamour Magazines for the Year 2007, Joelle Marie Cruz
The Effects of Ownership Consolidation on Diversity in Contemporary Hit Radio Music Programming, Russell L. Maloney
If You Don't Like It, You Must Not Get It: Exploring the Limits of Polysemy In Family Guy's Satire, Christopher A. Medjesky
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Negotiating Intercultural Conflict in Cloistered Community: A Case Study, Mathew Joseph Choorapanthiyil
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
A Comparison of Western and Chinese Propaganda Tactics as Revealed in Pre-war Rhetoric of Bushs' Presidencies, Pei-Ling Lee
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The Phenomenology of Büchner's Woyzeck: Historical and Critical Problems in The Ongoing Adaptation, Jonathan W. Myers
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Communication Apprehension and Communication Technology: A Quantitative Study, James A. Baumann
The Use of Active Learning Pedagogy in Teaching the Public Speaking Component of a Basic Oral Communication Hybrid Honors Course: A Case Study, Melissa S. Plew
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The Music Channel: Integrating the Harp Into The Communication Process Of Children With Autism, Lori A. Kissinger
The relationship between receiver apprehension and listening styles in students at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis., Gwendolyn R. Till
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Terrorism on the Evening News: An Analysis of Coverage of the TWA Hostage Crisis on "CBS Evening News", Ann M. Savage
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
A Comparative Analysis of Indiana Legislator and Lobbyist Concepts of Persuasion Strategies, Rebecca A. Carrier
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
A Comparative Analysis of Readers Theatre and the Lecture As Methods of Introducing Information On Sensitive Issues, Bethany E. Fearnow
Theses/Dissertations from 1962
A speech and hearing drill book, Virgil Louis Grider
Theses/Dissertations from 1961
An exploration of the problems involved in writing and producing a three-act play, Daniel J. Payne
Theses/Dissertations from 1960
A study of the uses of television in the education of public school teachers by educational institutions in the United States during 1958-1959, Frank Hayashida
Theses/Dissertations from 1959
A study of the teaching of speech in the secondary schools of Indiana, Paul Louis Gill
Theses/Dissertations from 1957
Francesca da Rimini in dramatic literature, Bill Lattin
Theses/Dissertations from 1955
The history of the growth and development of color television, Robert Francis Crawford
Theses/Dissertations from 1952
Speech characteristic of Alexander Campbell as shown in the remarks of his contemporaries and his successors, Grace Lillian Swisher
Theses/Dissertations from 1950
The development of television in the United States from 1923 to the present time which is May, 1950, Bernice F. Giuliano
Theses/Dissertations from 1949
An evaluation of commercially available equipment used in speech correction and hearing therapy, William Carter Geer
An objective study of the production problems encountered in the preparation and the presentation of a choric performance of Sons of the Prairie, Herbert Adrian Rehner
Theses/Dissertations from 1948
An experiment in play direction of Shelley's The Cenci to test the values of interpretation, Katherine Stirwalt