16:194:600
Ph.D. Colloquium (0)
Belkin. Required each semester in coursework. Forum for the presentation of research by guest speakers, faculty, and students.
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16:194:601
Communication, Information, and Media Theory (3)
Nature of information and communication processes, and the role of information and communication in individual, social, and institutional behavior. Particular emphasis on conceptual linkages between information and communication processes.
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16:194:602
Research Foundations (3)
Concepts, methods, and practices of social science research in relation to communication, information science, and library studies.
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16:194:603
Qualitative Research Methods (3)
Qualitative approaches for examining information processes, including information definition, acquisition, evaluation, and use.
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16:194:604
Quantitative Research Methods (3)
Facets of research; problem areas; research techniques and experiments.
Prerequisite: 16:960:532 or 17:610:511.
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16:194:605
Interpretive Research Methods (3)
Interpretive research methods such as textual analysis, institutional research methods, and audience analysis employed to study the media, communication, and information.
Marchi, Dalbello. Prerequisites: 16:194:601 and 602.
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16:194:610
Seminar in Information Studies (3)
Major problems, trends, and developments in information science and technology. Critical survey of current research and findings.
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16:194:612
Human Information Behavior (3)
Precursors to and characteristics of human information-seeking behavior, individual and social, within and outside of institutional information systems. Relations between such behavior and information-system design and relevant technologies.
Prerequisite: 16:194:610 or permission of instructor.
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16:194:614
Information Retrieval Theory (3)
Examines the basic problems of information retrieval from theoretical and experimental points of view. Develops a basis for the specification of design principles for IR systems.
Prerequisites: 16:194:610 and 612, or permission of instructor.
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16:194:617
Knowledge Representation for Information Retrieval (3)
Concurrent consideration of options for knowledge representation, methods for evaluating the effect of these options on costs and effectiveness, and research relating to knowledge representation for information retrieval.
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16:194:619
Experiment and Evaluation in Information Systems (3)
Measures, models, and methods for macroevaluation of impact of information systems within their environment and for microevaluation of performance of system components. Methodology and implementation strategies.
Prerequisites: 16:194:612, 614, or permission of instructor.
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16:194:620
Interpersonal Communication (3)
Contemporary theories and major lines of classic and current research concerning interpersonal communication.
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16:194:621
Organizational Communication Research (3)
Survey of major principles and research and analytic techniques related to organizational communication.
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16:194:622
Health Communication (3)
Provides an overview of the major areas of health communication including health communication campaigns, physician-patient communication, and communication among health professionals and individuals affected by health issues.
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16:194:631
Media Theory (3)
Current mass communication theories and approaches analyzed from a research perspective. Topics include audiences, uses and gratifications, socialization processes and effects, and agenda setting.
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16:194:632
Scholarly and Scientific Communication (3)
Study of the processes through which scholarly, scientific, and technical ideas are communicated: mentoring; professional, national, and international information networks; scholarly and scientific publishing; examines other aspects of specialized information transfer.
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16:194:633
Mediated Communication (3)
How newly emerging mediated communication technologies (e.g.,
mobile phones and the internet) affect social relationships and
organizations; also, how social forces affect adoption and usage
patterns of mediated technologies.
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16:194:635
Health Communication (3)
Focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of communication programs designed to change health behavior of individuals, groups, and entire populations.
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16:194:636
Interpersonal Health Communication (3)
Overviews major themes of interpersonal health communication including issues such as physician-patient communication, relationships for individuals with health issues, and the relationship of communication to physical and mental health outcomes.
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16:194:637
Mediated Health Communication (3)
Focuses on how mediated communication is transforming health/medical practice and affecting health policy processes. Topics range from the way mediated communication sources affect the search for and acquisition of health information to the way these technologies are used to affect the behavior of individuals, groups, and entire populations.
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16:194:641
Information Policy and Technology (3)
Impact of modern revolution in information technology; related challenges of contemporary problems in information policies at individual, organizational, national, and international levels. Use of information indicators.
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16:194:642
Information Regulation and Law (3)
Historical and contemporary legal and regulatory issues stemming from the application of information technology.
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16:194:643
Information Indicators (3)
Integrated treatment of measures, indicators, and methods for quantitative description of information and communication systems, resources, and activities. Emphasis on drawing relations among different measures and application to information policy studies.
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16:194:645
Advanced Concepts in the Management of Information Organizations (3)
Systematic consideration of the evolution of management theory leading to an evaluation of contemporary theoretical and research issues in planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling the information organization.
Prerequisite: 17:610:570 or equivalent.
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16:194:648
Organizational Assessment and Change (3)
Systematic consideration of the theories and strategies of assessment, planning, development, and change at the organizational and programmatic levels in nonprofit and profit-seeking information organizations.
Offered in alternate years.
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16:194:656
Theories and Issues in Library Studies (3)
Examination of the intellectual foundations for librarianship as a discipline, the development of a broadened understanding of pervasive theories and research issues, and the identification and exploration of research literature in librarianship and pertinent allied fields.
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16:194:660
Audience Studies (3)
The nature of audiences, how audiences emerge, and how audiences can be studied. Weak/strong effects, uses and gratifications, reader response theory, cultural studies.
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16:194:662
Media Criticism (3)
Theories of media education and approaches to media pedagogy.
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16:194:663
Media History and Institutions (3)
The history of print and electronic media, emphasizing the media's political economy, the interrelationship of media and society, and the ideological component in writing history.
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16:194:664
Media and Culture (3)
Cultural approaches to media studies. Topics include cultural theory; aesthetics and taste; representation and ideology; consumer culture; media, culture, and identity; gender, race, class, and sexuality in media; fandom and subcultures.
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16:194:665
Media and Politics (3)
Theories and research relating old and new media to political decision making. Topics include public attitudes and opinion, media policy, interest articulation, political culture, ideology, rhetoric and content analysis, framing, agenda setting.
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16:194:666
Social Construction of News (3)
Social science research on news and the news media; diverse scholarly perspectives, comparing them with the views of journalists, journalism critics, and the public.
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16:194:670-674
Special Topics: Communication Processes (3 Each)
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16:194:675-679
Special Topics: Library and Information Science (3 Each)
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16:194:680-684
Special Topics: Media Studies (3 Each)
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16:194:695
Teaching Apprenticeship (0)
A noncredit teaching apprenticeship to provide doctoral candidates with classroom experience.
Prerequisite: 9 credits in Ph.D. program.
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16:194:696,697
Special Topics (3,3)
Possible topics include communication technology and policy; naturalistic inquiry; human/computer interaction; history of U.S. mass media; intercultural communication; and race, gender, and the media.
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16:194:698
Independent Study (3)
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16:194:699
Independent Study (3)
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16:194:701,702
Dissertation Research (BA,BA)
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