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    Communication Studies

    Internet surveillance, disinformation campaigns, and manipulation of digital media are some of the greatest threats to democracy today. To counter those threats, and to support free and equitable societies, organizations need strategic thinkers with expertise in communications, technology, and policy.

    American University School of communication studies programs focus on the intersection of media, technology and give you the tools you need to examine complex social problems, analyze emerging trends in media and technology, and develop and evaluate policy.

    Our diverse, dynamic faculty are real-world professionals at the top of their fields and who value mentoring students as much as they value excellence in the classroom.

    We have a PhD in Communication, and we have recently paired it with a new master's degree in Media, Technology and Democracy.

    One of the things I think is really exciting about our MA program is that it's designed to take people and give them practical experience working with a legislator, a nonprofit organization, a law firm, to produce actionable research with them.

    Our PhD program is for people who have gone on to get tenure track jobs as professors, but it also includes folks who work at think tanks, who work at the World Bank.

    Whatever it is, you're equipped with the most prestigious terminal degree-- Higher Ed is able to offer you.

    Our program offers pretty immediate networking. You're mentored under and with faculty members, who bring you along to conferences who introduce you to their collaborators. We have faculty who have an expertise in data analysis and big data. We have faculty who work in narrative work, copyright policy, folks who even analyze games and do game research.

    We have several centers where people are doing dedicated research around media and diversity, questions of internet governance. We also have a really great cluster of scholars around questions of public health, and there are many communication issues around public health.

    I think a good fit for this program is a student who understands the importance of Washington DC, both in terms of setting policy and in terms of understanding the future of the internet and media. I'm really proud of the diversity of the students in our program in terms of either their research focus or their country of origin. And I think that international side of our program is really exciting for setting the research agenda.

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