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Technology and Social Change, the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas Austin
The Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas Austin is seeking excellent applicants to join
our PhD and Master program in Fall 2016. Deadline is Dec 1, 2015. Please see more details here
http://rtf.utexas.edu/graduate
One area of our strengths is Media, Technology and Social Change.
Our lives are increasingly entwined with technologies that mediate our relationships with other people, our
entertainment, our understanding of news and the world, and our education and health systems. Even as
globalization brings the world more closely together in certain ways, it pulls us apart in other ways. Many
media scholars are examining these environments, technologies and international dynamics in order to
improve understanding and to harness the tremendous abilities of new media systems to improve
economic and social conditions.
This area of study emphasizes sound methodological preparation as well as supervised research
experience. It incorporates (1) formal participation on at least one research project and also (2) a
sponsored summer internship with a project or agency using communication systems or exploring
communication policy or social change in some way. The internship may involve such activities as working
with an advocacy group in Washington D.C., interning with a digital skills building project in a local
neighborhood, or assisting with an Internet building project in Africa.
The core faculty in this program teach in areas of globalization, entrepreneurship, creative industries,
digital inclusion, media policy, media literacy, media advocacy, technology and interactivity, and media
systems and issues in regions such as Latin America, China, India, Europe and the Middle East, among other
subjects. We share a core interest in how media systems affect our lives and how we can work together to
improve social conditions and build critical skills.
Students in this program can expect to participate in international conferences such as AoIR, ICA, IAMCR,
and to work in groups and to become acquainted with the thought leaders in their field.
Faculty involved: Wenhong Chen; Laura Stein; Joe Straubhaar; Sharon Strover; Craig Watkins; Karin
Wilkins; Kathleen Tyner
Wenhong Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Radio-TV-Film, College of Communication
T: 512-471-4952
F: 512-471-4077
[email protected]
http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen
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