Research & Creative Work
Whether we're focused on human-centered research, media research, games for entertainment and learning or documentary filmmaking – our faculty and students strive to make a difference and empower individuals.
Computational Communication
Game Design and Development
Global and Multicultural Communication
Healthy People Healthy Planet
Human-Centered Technology
Media Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship
Media Psychology
Neurocognitive Communication
Policy and Governance
Political Communication and Civic Engagement
Featured Work
Understanding the Impact of Norms and Emotions on Social Distancing during COVID-19
Researchers in MSU's Health and Risk Communication Center are using communication modeling and analysis of social media to examine the dynamic relationships between social norms, emotions and COVID-19 risk reduction behaviors, using social media data and self-report surveys.
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Interdisciplinary Researchers Team Up to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease in Chad
Study Analyzes How STEM Children’s Programming Prioritizes Diversity
Communication Scholar Receives U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award to Slovenia for Research and Teaching
MSU Interdisciplinary Team Secures $3.2M NSF Convergence Grant to Empower Off-grid Communities
Centers and Labs
We have dedicated labs researching learning games, social science and technology, as well as a center focused on political and social issues related to media, communication and information policy.
Faculty
Shelia Cotten
MSU Foundation ProfessorDepartment
Shelia R. Cotten is a Professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University. She studies technology use across the life course and the social, educational, and health impacts of that use.
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Sandi Smith
University Distinguished ProfessorDepartment
CommunicationSandi W. Smith is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University.
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Esther Thorson
ProfessorDepartment
JournalismProfessor Thorson joined the College of Communication Arts faculty at MSU in fall, 2016. Prior, she was Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, and Research Director of the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Thorson holds the Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, and attended undergraduate school at Macalester College.