Welcome

The Department of Mass Communication trains students in the varied techniques of analyzing the form and content of modern human communications. Students produce instructional and informational programming using print, radio, and television technologies. They use the technology of modern communications to link the university community to the wider community of scholars and teachers throughout the nation and the world.

Visit our online student newspaper The Campus Chronicle or listen live to 91.7 FM, WPRL -- The Gold.

You can also view the  department promotional video  here.

Department Chair Radio Interview

Dr. Howard-Byrd took part in an interview on Up to Date, a radio show hosted by Kansas City Star columnist and reporter, Steve Kraske on KCUR radio in Kansas. Use the link below to listen to the interview, or visit the show's website, www.kcur.org/uptodate.

The link will open Windows Media Player (or your default player) in a new window.

Howard Byrd Interview KCUR

To learn more about Dr. Howard-Byrd's book, Gender and Age Discrimination Among Women in the Broadcast News Industry, click the link to visit the publisher's website.