Faculty List and Areas of Research
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Film and television criticism; media ethics; media historiography. Read more... |
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Social interaction; discourse analysis; communication of ethnic/racial identities; inter-ethnic/inter-cultural communication. Read more... |
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Communication theory; interpersonal and (inter) cultural communication; ethnography of communication. Read more... |
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Communication policy and the property creation of digital technologies; Spanish-language and Latina/o media and cultural production; the political economy of global media and transnational telecommunications. Read more... |
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Global communication; political economy; postcolonial theory; new media and social movements. Read more... |
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Cultural studies; media criticism; philosophy of communication. Read more... |
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Global cinema; gender studies; critical cultural studies. Read more... |
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Interpersonal/intercultural communication; race and whiteness studies; feminist, postcolonial and critical communication theory; critical pedagogy; conflict/mediation; computer mediated communication; identity, interaction, and the media. Read more... |
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The analysis of and intervention into patterns of communication, with application in organizations, families, casual encounters, political discussions; integration of the instrumental, moral and aesthetic dimensions of communication in patterns of conjoint action, based on Coordinated Management of Meaning theory; standards for practical theory based on philosophical pragmatism. Read more... |
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Telecommunication and community media policy; technology and inequality; migration and new media technologies; global communications and institutions; communication policy in the Americas; social movements and new media technologies. Read more... |
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Communication and Latin American studies; cultural criticism and policy; global communication and international relations; political economy of the media and of Latin American societies. Read more... |
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Film and television production; screenwriting. Read more... |
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Performance studies; rhetoric; folklore. Read more... |
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Technology; media content; international effects and policies of technology. Read more... |
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Media and culture; field research; cultural production; the politics of sexual representation. Read more... |
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Critical cultural studies; political economy of media and culture; advertising and commercial culture; media literacy; educational video production. Read more... |
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Intersection of race, gender, and class; performance auto-ethnography; transformative action and performative space. Read more... |
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Television, socialization, and enculturation; international and intercultural effects of mass media; effects and functions of new media technology; social and familial contexts of media exposure. Read more... |
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Film theory, criticism, history. Read more... |
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Full Time Advisor and Lecturer Read more... |
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Media effects on aggression and socialization; media portrayals of gender and violence. Read more... |
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Communication for development and social change; participatory communication research; knowledge societies and sustainable development; international communication policies; globalization and culture. Read more... |
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Race and gender in television and film; media culture and critical theory; film and post-colonial discourse; history of film and television; gender discourse and Zydeco music. Read more... |
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Cinema studies; television studies; media and cultural studies; cultural history of entertainment; significance of popular culture. Read more... |
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Consumption and production of popular culture; feminist studies; nationalism and collective memory; and informational/entertainment media. Read more... |
Part-time Lectures & Visiting Scholars
- Kevin Anderson, kta@anthro.umass.edu; 545-1311, E32 Machmer
- Joel Saxe: jsaxe@comm.umass.edu; 413-545-1311; E-32 Machmer
- Cindy Suopis: TBA; 413-545-1378; 100 Venture Way
- Bill Yousman, yousman@comm.umass.edu; 545-4759, 312 Machmer
Faculty Bookshelf
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Faculty Lectures and Invited Talks
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