{"id":738,"date":"2022-04-27T20:44:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:14:25","slug":"media-technology-and-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/graduate\/on-campus-graduate-program\/areas-of-study\/media-technology-and-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Media, Technology, and Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e1e1e1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mts-header-01.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Media, Technology, and Society&#8221; title_text=&#8221;mts-header-01&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000\">Media, Technology, and Society<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Graduate work in Media, Technology and Society covers research on media and technological processes, their consequences, and the role that mass communication plays in both public and private life. Courses focus on local, national, and global media systems and audiences, as well as emerging information and communication technologies and environments. Current MTS course offerings include the impact of new technologies on media and society; cognitive and emotional reactions to media; politics, media, and public opinion; global communication networks; the impact of communication technologies on social groups and organizations; collaborative learning; and video games.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Why Purdue for Media, Technology, and Society?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">You\u2019ll earn a degree from one of the top-ranked communication programs in the nation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a student in the Lamb School, you\u2019ll work with some of the most prolific scholars in our discipline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">We\u2019ll work with you to design a personally-tailored plan of study that best suits your needs and interests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">You\u2019ll collaborate with faculty members and fellow graduate students to conduct multidisciplinary research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a student and an educator, you\u2019ll teach or assist with undergraduate MTS courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">You\u2019ll work closely with the C-SPAN Archives, housed in the Purdue Research Park.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students have opportunities to take classes abroad in Copenhagen and in Paris, in collaboration with the Copenhagen Business School and University of Paris 3 (Sorbonne Nouvelle)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Program Strengths and Faculty Interests:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/robert-browning.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Robert Browning<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Media and Politics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/emily-buehler.html\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Emily Buehler<\/a><\/strong><\/span>: Computer-mediated communication; interpersonal communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 19px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jessica-r-collier.html\">Jessica Collier<\/a>: <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.1875rem\">Social media, political polarization, misinformation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 19px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jeremy-foote.html\" style=\"font-size: 19px\">Jeremy Foote<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 19px\">: Computational social science, online organizations, and collective decision making<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jennifer-hoewe.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Jennifer Hoewe<\/strong><\/a><\/span>: Political communication, media effects, media psychology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/seungyoon-lee.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Seungyoon Lee<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Social network analysis, complex systems, network perception and evolution<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/sue-lim.html\">Sue Lim:<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000\">Human-AI interaction, extended reality (XR) &amp; other emerging technologies, computer-mediated communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/sorin-adam-matei.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sorin Adam Mate<\/span>i<\/strong><\/a>: Virtual communities and AI-human interaction; data ethics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Torsten Reimer<\/span><\/strong>: Decision making, groups and teams, consumer behavior, risk communication<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/brett-sherrick.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Brett Sherrick<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Positive impact of media; video games; media industries; media effects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/eugene-spafford.html?_ga=2.52880032.988898663.1637242868-889959978.1630693894\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Gene Spafford (Computer Science Faculty)<\/span>:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Information security, privacy and ethics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/howard-sypher.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Howard Sypher<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: New media, cognition, and online interaction; innovation and entrepreneurship<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/glenn-sparks.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Glenn Sparks<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Media effects and history<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/diana-zulli.html?_ga=2.125798786.988898663.1637242868-889959978.1630693894\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Diana Zulli<\/span>:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Strategic political communication, scandal and crisis communication, digital technology, and communication theory<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Selected Course Offerings:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Historical Trends in Mass Communication Research, Current Trends in Mass Communication Research, Online Interaction and Facilitation, Media Effects, Social Network Analysis, Advanced Social Network Analysis, Communication, Media and Public Opinion, Social Media Analytics, Video Games and Society, Introduction to Programming and Data Science<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Interdisciplinary Connections:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">MTS faculty members are engaged in various interdisciplinary initiatives, including the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/discoverypark\/rche\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering<\/a>,<\/span> the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerias.purdue.edu\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Center for Education and Research in Information Security and Assurance (CERIAS)<\/a><\/span>, the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcac.purdue.edu\/envision\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Envision Center for Data Visualization<\/a><\/span>, the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/collaboratory\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Purdue Systems Collaboratory<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polytechnic.purdue.edu\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Purdue Polytechnic Institute<\/a><\/span>, the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/discoverypark\/environment\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Purdue Center for the Environment<\/a><\/span>, and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/discoverypark\/ppri\/\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Purdue Policy Research Institute<\/span><\/a>. 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