Department: Ph.D. Degree Program

The primary objective of the Ph.D. program is to develop mass communication scholars who are capable of critical thinking and independent scholarship.



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The Order Effects of Humor and Risk Messaging Strategies in Public Service Announcements Promoting COVID-19 Vaccinations: The Moderating Role of Trust in Science Hanyoung Kim, Hye Jin Yoon & Ja Kyung Seo

Kim, Hanyoung (PhD alum), Hye Jin Yoon, Jeong Yeob Han, Ja Kyung Seo (PhD student), and Youngjee Ko (PhD candidate), “The Order Effects of Humor and Risk Messaging Strategies in Public […]

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Visual representations of community in scholastic photojournalism: A thematic analysis of award-winning photographs from the National Scholastic Press Association’s Photo of the Year contest Leslie Klein

Leslie Klein (PhD student and Carter Research Fellow) (2023, August). “Visual representations of community in scholastic photojournalism: A thematic analysis of award-winning photographs from the National Scholastic Press Association’s Photo of […]

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Using Humor to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Intention for the Unvaccinated: The Moderating Role of Trust in Government Hye Jin Yoon and Hanyoung Kim

Yoon, Hye Jin, Jongmin Lee (PhD student), Jeong Yeob Han, Youngjee Ko (PhD candidate), Hanyoung Kim (PhD alum), Youngji Seo (PhD alum), and Ja Kyung Seo (PhD student) (2023), “Using Humor […]

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The Power of “Likes”: The Effects of “Liked By Youngji Seo, Hanyoung Kim, Hye Jin Yoon & Ja Kyung Seo

Youngji Seo (PhD alum), Hanyoung Kim (PhD alum), Youngjee Ko (PhD candidate), Hye Jin Yoon, Jeong Yeob Han, Jongmin Lee (PhD student) and Ja Kyung Seo (PhD student) (2023), “The Power […]

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Warranted Inferences of Mediation and Possibility of a Threshold Effect: Verifying the Mediating Effects of Anger in Situational Crisis Communication Theory

Rongting Niu (PhD student) and Xin Ma. (Forthcoming). “Warranted Inferences of Mediation and Possibility of a Threshold Effect: Verifying the Mediating Effects of Anger in Situational Crisis Communication Theory.” Public Relations Review. […]

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When a journalist and politician engage in deception detection: Effects of demeanor, refutation, and partisanship in combative media interviews David Clementson

David E. Clementson & W. Zhao (AdPR PhD student) (in press). “When a journalist and politician engage in deception detection: Effects of demeanor, refutation, and partisanship in combative media interviews.” […]

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The utility of presence in communication scholarship Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn

Matthew Klein (Grady PhD student) and Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn (2023). “The utility of presence in communication scholarship,” in Bowman, N. (Ed.), Emerging issues for emerging technologies: Informed provocations for theorizing media […]

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Pushing Hands and Buttons: The Effects of Corporate Social Issue Stance Communication and Online Comment (In)Civility on Publics’ Emotional and Behavioral Responses Wenqing Zhao and Yan Jin

Wenqing Zhao (PhD student), Xuerong Lu (PhD alum), Yan Jin, and Toni van der Meer. “Pushing Hands and Buttons: The Effects of Corporate Social Issue Stance Communication and Online Comment (In)Civility on Publics’ Emotional […]

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Race in the Metaverse: Racism, Bias, and Intergroup Contact in Augmented and Virtual Reality Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn and Haley R. Hatfield

Haley R. Hatfield (Ph.D. student) and Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn. “Race in the Metaverse: Racism, Bias, and Intergroup Contact in Augmented and Virtual Reality,” panel presentation at the American Psychological Association […]

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On being human: An investigation of virtual influencers and activism Haley R. Hatfield and Aarum Youn-Heil

Haley Hatfield (Ph.D. student) and Aarum Youn-Heil (Ph.D. student). (2023, August 7). “On being human: An investigation of virtual influencers and activism”. Mass Communication & Society Division,  Association for Education in Journalism and […]

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