2018 Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Enrollments

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-143
Author(s):  
Bryan McLaughlin ◽  
Melissa R. Gotlieb ◽  
R. Glenn Cummins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Master's Level ◽  
Previous Survey ◽  
Demographic Composition ◽  
Communication Programs

In contrast to previous years, enrollments in journalism and mass communication programs in the United States were relatively stable from 2015 to 2018. Although strategic communication sequences remained the most popular, the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in journalism sequences increased since the previous survey, whereas the percentage enrolled in strategic communication sequences decreased slightly. In addition, the demographic composition of journalism and mass communication programs is changing, as the survey found an increase in the percentage of minority students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. The 2018 survey also revealed growth in online offerings, both at the undergraduate and master’s level.

2015 Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Enrollments: Challenges and Opportunities for a Changing and Diversifying Field

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa R. Gotlieb ◽  
Bryan McLaughlin ◽  
R. Glenn Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
United States ◽  
Undergraduate Student ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Communication Programs

As with previous years, enrollments in journalism and mass communication programs in the United States have continued to decline. In 2015, such decline among undergraduate student enrollments was particularly prevalent in journalism sequences; in contrast, undergraduate enrollments in strategic communication sequences have seen some growth since 2013. Findings also reveal potential for journalism and mass communication programs regarding the growth and emergence of online degree programs and online course offerings, the development of the competencies and skills desired by employers, and other opportunities for the professional development of today’s practically minded students.

Media Literacy in Journalism/Mass Communication Education: Can the United States Learn from Sweden?

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Mihailidis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Educational Concept ◽  
Communication Programs ◽  
Mass Communication Education

Exploratory studies were conducted in the United States and Sweden in the spring and autumn of 2004 to determine how faculty in journalism/mass communication programs acknowledged and conceptualized media literacy both as a teaching tool and educational concept. The Swedish participants' feedback was markedly different from U.S. academics' in terms of acknowledgement and conceptualization of media literacy. Conclusions drawn may help clarify media literacy's intentions as both a curricular benefit and new teaching tool for programs of journalism/mass communication/media in the United States. Comparisons also provide a base for future rigid exploration into this topic.

The Characteristics of Introductory Research Methods Courses in Mass Communication Doctoral Programs

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Shirong Lu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Extensive List

This study assesses the content of introductory research methods courses in mass communication doctoral programs in the United States. Directors of thirty-two graduate programs were surveyed about their doctoral programs' requirements for research methods. Syllabi for forty-three required introductory research methods courses were collected. An extensive list of variables for each was analyzed and compared. Requirements in research methods training have become fairly common across doctoral programs. Although quantitative methods instruction, emphasizing design and analysis skills, is still most prevalent, non-quantitative methods courses, focusing on qualitative methods and philosophical and historical theories, are offered and often required in many doctoral programs.

A Citation-Based Analysis of Economists and Economics Programs

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall H. Medoff
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Principal Finding ◽  
Citation Counts

This paper uses citation counts, over the period 1971–1992, to rank the top 250 academic economists in the United States. Schools were ranked by the number of top 250 economists a university had on their faculty. Graduate programs were ranked by those Ph.D. programs which have produced the greatest number of the top 250 academic economists. The paper's principal finding is that five universities, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, MIT, and Princeton are the elite among all Universities.

Univision, Telemundo, and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Allen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
History Of ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
American Society ◽  
The U.S

The first completely researched history of U.S. Spanish-language television traces the rise of two foremost, if widely unrecognized, modern American enterprises—the Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo. It is a standard scholarly history constructed from archives, original interviews, reportage, and other public materials. Occasioned by the public’s wakening to a “Latinization” of the U.S., the book demonstrates that the emergence of Spanish-language television as a force in mass communication is essential to understanding the increasing role of Latinos and Latino affairs in modern American society. It argues that a combination of foreign and domestic entrepreneurs and innovators who overcame large odds resolves a significant and timely question: In an English-speaking country, how could a Spanish-speaking institution have emerged? Through exploration of significant and colorful pioneers, continuing conflicts and setbacks, landmark strides, and ongoing controversies—and with revelations that include regulatory indecision, behind-the-scenes tug-of-war, and the internationalization of U.S. mass media—the rise of a Spanish-language institution in the English-speaking U.S. is explained. Nine chapters that begin with Spanish-language television’s inception in 1961 and end 2012 chronologically narrate the endeavor’s first 50 years. Events, passages, and themes are thoroughly referenced.

The interaction of journalism and public relations in Russia: A self-perception

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25
Author(s):  
Greg Simons ◽  
Dmitry Strovsky
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation

There is an increasing amount written on the decline of professional journalism around the world. One of the factors that are used to illustrate the decline of journalism is the interaction and collaboration between journalists and public relations (PR) practitioners in the production of mass media news content. On a theoretical and conceptual level, the aims and goals of the two professions are quite different, even though there are a number of superficial similarities between these forms of mass communication. Studies of the interaction between journalism and PR in the United States reveal a certain underlying tension, yet simultaneous mutual dependency. An indicative survey was conducted across different cities in the Russian Federation to understand the perception of professional journalists and PR practitioners on the current level of interaction between their professions. The answers were remarkably similar and reveal a deep concern for the direction of journalism, which many viewed as being subordinated to PR.

Narrative Misdirection? UK Strategic Communication for Afghanistan and Beyond

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-392
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Cawkwell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Communication Approach ◽  
The Uk

Britain’s war in Afghanistan – specifically its latter stages, where the UK’s role and casualties sustained in the conflict rose dramatically – coincided with the institutional emergence of Ministry of Defence-led ‘Strategic Communication’. This article examines the circumstances through which domestic strategic communication developed within the UK state and the manner in which the ‘narratives’ supporting Britain’s role in Afghanistan were altered, streamlined and ‘securitised’. I argue that securitising the Afghanistan narrative was undertaken with the intention of misdirecting an increasingly sceptical UK public from the failure of certain aspects of UK counter-insurgency strategy – specifically its counter-narcotics and stabilisation efforts – by focusing on counter-terrorism, and of avoiding difficult questions about the UK’s transnational foreign and defence policy outlook vis-à-vis the United States by asserting that Afghanistan was primarily a ‘national security’ issue. I conclude this article by arguing that the UK’s domestic strategic communication approach of emphasising ‘national security interests’ may have created the conditions for institutionalised confusion by reinforcing a narrow, self-interested narrative of Britain’s role in the world that runs counter to its ongoing, ‘transnationalised’ commitments to collective security through the United States and NATO.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health Concerns on Twitter in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senqi Zhang ◽  
Li Sun ◽  
Daiwei Zhang ◽  
Pin Li ◽  
Yue Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
The United States ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Demographic Composition ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mental Health Concerns ◽  
Twitter Users

AbstractBackgroundMental health illness is a growing problem in recent years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health concerns (such as fear and loneliness) have been actively discussed on social media.ObjectiveIn this study, we aim to examine mental health discussions on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and infer the demographic composition of Twitter users who had mental health concerns.MethodsCOVID-19 related tweets from March 5th, 2020 to January 31st, 2021 were collected through Twitter streaming API using COVID-19 related keywords (e.g., “corona”, “covid19”, “covid”). By further filtering using mental health keywords (e.g., “depress”, “failure”, “hopeless”), we extracted mental health-related tweets from the US. Topic modeling using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation model was conducted to monitor users’ discussions surrounding mental health concerns. Demographic inference using deep learning algorithms (including Face++ and Ethnicolr) was performed to infer the demographic composition of Twitter users who had mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.ResultsWe observed a positive correlation between mental health concerns on Twitter and the COVID-19 pandemic in the US. Topic modeling showed that “stay-at-home”, “death poll” and “politics and policy” were the most popular topics in COVID-19 mental health tweets. Among Twitter users who had mental health concerns during the pandemic, Males, White, and 30-49 age group people were more likely to express mental health concerns. In addition, Twitter users from the east and west coast had more mental health concerns.ConclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on mental health concerns on Twitter in the US. Certain groups of people (such as Males, White) were more likely to have mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The United States’ Afghan Information and PSYOP Campaign and a Comparison to the Taliban’s Campaign

2018 ◽  
pp. 217-264
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Johnson ◽  
Matthew DuPee ◽  
Wali Shaaker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Operation Enduring Freedom ◽  
Information Campaign ◽  
Mental Space ◽  
Cultural Reality ◽  
Time Frames ◽  
The U.S

This is one of the more important chapters in that it explicitly compares the U.S. information campaign in Afghanistan to the Taliban’s campaign. The explicit stated goals and strategic communication themes of the U.S. Operation Enduring Freedom are assessed during two distinct time frames – 2001-2006 and 2007-2011. In assessing and comparing the U.S. information operation efforts versus the Taliban, a detailed analysis of different U.S. messaging techniques such as leaflets. As suggested above, these leaflets were assessed for early U.S. engagements to later in the conflict. Later U.S. IO efforts were examined using the U.S. PSYOP Book from 2009. The analyses concluded with the notion that the U.S. had to basically surrender to Taliban dominance in narratives and associated stories. The U.S. efforts basically refused to accept Afghan cultural reality, especially the Afghan peasant mental space. This had a devastating impact on U.S. and NATO rural counter-insurgency efforts. The U.S. had to concede a major portion of the Afghan battle space because the U.S. could not credibly respond to Taliban Islamic mores and troupes.

The Mismatch Between Anthropology Graduate Training and the Work Lives of Graduates

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Price
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Lives ◽  
Employment Patterns

A glaring mismatch exists between anthropology graduate programs in the United States and the careers of their graduates. Here, I focus on gaps in Ph.D. curricula, but similar patterns characterize many M. A. programs as well. In this article, I challenge the academic anthropology establishment to show that it is providing doctoral students with the knowledge, perspectives, and skills they need to realize optimal work lives. In my view, they are not. Nor are most students being prepared to weigh the ethics of getting the job done outside the ivory towers. Below I present data concerning curriculum offerings and degree requirements at the twenty largest anthropology Ph.D. programs in the nation. To provide context, I first remind the reader of employment patterns for new anthropology Ph.D.s. in the United States.

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