Mass Media and Communication Doctoral Program

About Us

Welcome to the web home of the Mass Media and Communication (MM&C) doctoral program at Temple University, an interdisciplinary program based in the School of Communication and Theater.

Our faculty and students conduct communication research on a wide range of topics, especially in the areas of globalization, new media, cultural studies, media effects, and media literacy. Our award-winning faculty members, drawn from five academic departments, are active scholars with international reputations. Our students regularly present and publish their research at top conferences and have won national awards for graduate-student teaching.

For more than 30 years, our program-based in Philadelphia, a multicultural city that is the nation's #4 media market-has prepared students for academic careers in teaching and research. Today, more than 150 of our alumni hold positions as faculty, administrators, and communication policy researchers across the world. We invite you to find out more about their experiences and about our program's possibilities.