Department of Communication

What lessons can be learned at the intersection of the community college and doctoral education in the humanities? Rachel Arteaga provides some answers.

David Horsey — a Seattle native and UW alumnus —  has been covering presidential politics since 1980, but he has never experienced anything like this campaign.

UW Communication Professor Patricia Moy was elected as VP/President-Elect of the International Communication Association (ICA). Moy is the first UW faculty member to serve in this role.

Mikayla Hall (2011), speechwriter for the House Republican Conference, got her start at the UW Speaking Center.

More than 2000 US citizens filed as Presidential candidates. Craig Tomashoff (1982) wanted to know why.

Between the first two presidential debates, a third of pro-Trump tweets and nearly a fifth of pro-Clinton tweets came from automated accounts.

Before KNKX features conversations with five different people who live in the Puget Sound area, they spent a moment with David Domke, professor of political communication at UW.

Last year, the world economy lost at least $2.4 billion when governments intentionally shut down their countries’ networks. 

KOMO News interviews Matt McGarrity, principal lecturer of communication at the UW, about whether the conditions of the debate favor one candidate over the other. 

With the election two months away, now is not the time for voter apathy. Just the opposite, says UW Department of Communications Chairman David Domke.

How social media is bringing groups of people together in the Yakima area.

Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson teams up with artist Darius Kazemi to create a Twitter bot with a mission — and a personality.

The demolition last week of the old nuclear reactor building on the UW campus has exposed the base of old concrete foundations and plenty of twisted rebar.

Zoe Mesnik-Greene is the founder of Lasting Smiles, an eco-friendly lip-balm company that raises funds for cleft-palate lip surgery for children in developing countries.

On June 1, students of “COM 495/EE 299 – Innovation Readiness: Cultivating an Innovation Mindset” participated in a final innovation fair to present their ideas about how to improve life at the UW.