Please post this announcement of an information session for the PhD in Communications & Media from the ICR at the University of Illinois. Thank you! ICR at the University of Illinois - PhD in Communications & Media – Virtual Information Session Please join the Institute of Communications Research for a virtual information session about the PhD in Communications & Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. As the world’s oldest program for research and doctoral education in communications and media studies, the Institute of Communications Research (ICR) has been a pioneer in interdisciplinary research methods and training. Doctoral students draw on the resources of the ICR and units across the University of Illinois campus to develop flexible and dynamic programs of study at the cutting edge of communications and media studies. Several research and teaching themes connect the ICR’s diverse faculty and methods, including: technology use and social behavior; strategic and persuasive messaging; film and media forms and aesthetics, media histories and industries; media processes and effects; and media and social change. Students admitted to the doctoral program of the ICR receive funding through graduate assistantships that provide stipends and full tuition waivers. ICR PhD in Communications & Media Virtual Information Session Monday, November 13 10-11:20am CST Register Here<https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1730917658> ICR Director of Graduate Studies Amanda Ciafone and ICR faculty and students will answer your questions about doctoral study in Communications & Media at the University of Illinois. Please register to receive a Zoom meeting link in advance of the event. ICR Doctoral Program Virtual Information Session Zoom Registration: go.media.illinois.edu/icr-info-2023 <http://go.media.illinois.edu/icr-info-2023> ICR Doctoral Program Application Deadline: Friday, December 15 Learn more about ICR: https://media.illinois.edu/icr For questions about this event or the doctoral program, please contact Dr. Amanda Ciafone at aciafone@illinois.edu<mailto:aciafone@illinois.edu>. Looking forward to (virtually) meeting you! AMANDA CIAFONE (she/her) Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies, Institute of Communications Research Department of Media and Cinema Studies | Institute of Communications Research | College of Media The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 810 S. Wright St. | MC 462 | Urbana, IL 61801 217-300-0367 | aciafone@illinois.edu<mailto:aciafone@illinois.edu> media.illinois.edu/media-cinema-studies/ciafone-amanda<https://media.illinois.edu/media-cinema-studies/ciafone-amanda>