Department of Communication

In cities around the country, more and more Americans with cell phones and social media accounts are helping police solve crimes, whether they know it or not. Hanson Hosein, director of the program on communication in digital media, comments.

China's model for controlling the internet is being adopted elsewhere. Katy Pearce, assistant professor of communication, is quoted.

Black Cultural Studies students combined traditional coursework with community projects through a winter quarter collaboration with the Northwest African American Museum.

Jim Riswold (1983), whose hugely popular ad campaigns for Nike and other top clients featured household names like Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, was recently inducted into advertising's Creative Hall of Fame.

Under the roof of the UW Communication Leadership program, a "sister" degree will be created alongside the Master of Communications in Digital Media (MCDM). It's called MCCN: The Master of Communication in Communities and Networks.

KOMO's Bill Rice talks with David Domke, professor of communication, about the fiscal cliff and the GOP divide.

Peter Chiarelli spent years as a film producer working on Amityville Horror, Eagle Eye, and other projects before trying his hand at screenwriting. His 2009 romantic comedy, The Proposal, starred Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.

As Washington voters consider numerous hot button issues this election season, many are turning to the Living Voters Guide, an interactive online resource developed by UW students and faculty in conjunction with Seattle CityClub.

A jury summons in the mail may not bring smiles, but Professor John Gastil's research suggests that people who deliberate on a jury become more engaged citizens as a result. Gastil shares his findings as co-author of the book The Jury and Democracy. 

Two students from the Master of Communication in Digital Media Program spent a fortnight at sea, joining scientists on a research mission and capturing their activities through photographs and video.

Though the Native Voices program, students create film documentaries involving Indigenous research.

In a new book, Communications professor David Domke looks at important shifts in the use of religion in political messaging, beginning in the 1980s. 

Journalism students spent the summer interning at English-language newspapers abroad--in Sierra Leone, Indonesia, and China--through an unusual scholarship in the UW Department of Communication.