Media Studies

The Media Studies Interest Group (MSIG) is united by a common interest in all aspects of media studies including mass communication, media education, media literacy, media production, telecommunications policy, media technology, media criticism, media and culture, media convergence, or other related areas. We are also committed to research and teaching on such topics as the functions of mass communication, audiences and their uses of media, and mass media impacts on both societies and institutions. MSIG also has a particular interest in studying the development of media technology forms, such as computer-mediated-communication, that alter traditional notions of mass communication.

Chair: Sara Drabik, Northern Kentucky University
Vice-Chair: Scott Walus, Eastern Illinois University
Secretary: CarrieLynn Reinhard, Dominican University

2014 Program Planner: Sara Drabik, drabiks1@nku.edu

Interest Groups

• Overview
• Adjunct/Temporary Faculty Caucus
• Argumentation and Forensics
• Basic Course
• Communication Education
• Communication Ethics & Freedom of Expression
• Communication Theory
• Community College
• G.I.F.T.
• Graduate Student Caucus
• Health Communication
• Instructional Resources
• Intercultural Communication
• Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
• Kenneth Burke Society
• Media Studies
• Organizational and Professional Communication
• Performance Studies and Theatre
• Political Communication
• Popular Culture
• Public Relations
• Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Caucus
• States Advisory Council
• Undergraduate Programs
• Women's Caucus