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Title: Communication, General.

Definition: A program that focuses on the comprehensive study of communication, and that spans the study of mass communication/media studies, old and new media technologies, social and political applications, and speech communication and rhetoric. Includes instruction in interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural communication; theories of communication; critical thinking, argumentation, and persuasion; written communication; printed, electronic, and digital media; rhetorical tradition and criticism; media, society, and culture; consequences and effects of mass media; media social science and criticism; and quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.

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  • Open09) COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    • Open09.01) Communication and Media Studies.
      • 09.0100) Communication, General.
      • 09.0101) Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
      • 09.0102) Mass Communication/Media Studies.
      • 09.0199) Communication and Media Studies, Other.
    • Open09.04) Journalism.
      • 09.0401) Journalism.
      • 09.0402) Broadcast Journalism.
      • 09.0404) Photojournalism.
      • 09.0405) Business and Economic Journalism.
      • 09.0406) Cultural Journalism.
      • 09.0407) Science/Health/Environmental Journalism.
      • 09.0499) Journalism, Other.
    • Open09.07) Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
      • 09.0701) Radio and Television.
      • 09.0702) Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia.
      • 09.0799) Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other.
    • Open09.09) Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
      • 09.0900) Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
      • 09.0901) Organizational Communication, General.
      • 09.0902) Public Relations/Image Management.
      • 09.0903) Advertising.
      • 09.0904) Political Communication.
      • 09.0905) Health Communication.
      • 09.0906) Sports Communication.
      • 09.0907) International and Intercultural Communication.
      • 09.0908) Technical and Scientific Communication.
      • 09.0909) Communication Management and Strategic Communications.
      • 09.0999) Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other.
    • Open09.10) Publishing.
      • 09.1001) Publishing.
    • Open09.99) Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
      • 09.9999) Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.