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.