Media & Information Studies Ph.D. Program
Our program name expresses our vision of a field of social science that combines conventional mass media research with the search for new knowledge about the implications of evolving information and communication technologies including the Internet, social media, mobile devices, and digital games. Top ranked nationwide, this program prepares students to become active scholars, teachers and leaders. Our approach is multidisciplinary, combining faculty members with degrees in communication, advertising, public relations, journalism, economics, information studies, sociology, marketing, and computer science, all pursuing teaching and research opportunities in three participating departments, each with their own specialties:
- Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing
- Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media
- School of Journalism
Join Us
Helping our students succeed is our top priority. Our Ph.D. program enjoys top national rankings for the scholarly productivity of both our faculty and our students. We support more than 80 percent of our incoming students with teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and University fellowships and provide funds for conference travel and student research projects.
From the first day, we encourage students to participate in faculty research projects so that they can become active and prolific scholars. We offer regular course offerings that impart a thorough grounding in theory and research methods as well as a wide array of summer courses and special topics seminars so that students can tailor their coursework to their individual interests.
The Lansing area is an inviting and economical location in which to live and work. We invite you to join us here in the search for new knowledge about the media and information technologies in our lives.
- Degree Requirements
- MIS Handbook
- MIS PhD Program Forms
- Program Statistics
- Apply for the Ph.D. in MIS
- Contact the MIS Program
For More Information
The Media and Information Studies Ph.D. Program is administered by the College of Communication Arts & Sciences.
For additional information, please contact:
Nancy Ashley
340 Comm Arts Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.355.3410
E-Mail: ashleyn@msu.edu