Communication at Illinois
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Why Communication?
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Why Communication?
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The Communication major prepares 21st century students to become critical thinkers, avid consumers of information, and effective problem solvers in both their personal and professional lives.
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Critical skills for your future
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Critical skills for your future
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A degree in communication opens doors to a variety of private and public sector careers because employers and advanced degree programs value effective communicators.
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- Doctoral students Emily Mendelson and Megan Jacobs Farnworth were awarded the Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award by the National Communication Association for their essay titled “Disclosure-Related Social Support and Reappraisals as a Result of Sharing Abortion Experiences with Close Others.” The... Read full story Graduate student research on abortion disclosure earns NCA’s top student paper award
- Emily Van Duyn, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies the effects of social, geographic, and political... Read full story How can we peacefully talk politics with people who have differing views?
Brilliant white male characters more believable, some viewers say in communication professor's study
Brilliant characters often play key roles in movies and TV shows. However, when these characters are played by women and people of color, some audience members dismiss them as unrealistic, even if they portray real people and events, a recent study found. University of Illinois Urbana-... Read full story Brilliant white male characters more believable, some viewers say in communication professor's study