RESEARCH

Scholarship and research activities are vital dimensions of university life. The Office of Research of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies works to support and encourage research and related scholarly activities within and across the College. This includes efforts within the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, those within the School of Library and Information Science, and those interdisciplinary initiatives that reach across the two Schools, as well as beyond them into the broader scholarly community.

The Director works closely with the leadership of the two Schools and the College to find ways to assist faculty members, graduate students and others to develop their individual and shared research programs, to identify and nurture areas of cross-cutting thematic strength, and to initiate activities designed to sustain and expand on those programs and themes. These activities help assure that the culture of the College continues to embrace its research mission and to advance its research activities to new levels.

The Director also works with School, College and University leadership to identify and make use of available resources that can encourage, support and reward the research efforts of individuals within the College. To this end, the Director participates in the development of grant and contract proposals in which the College has the opportunity to play a significant role, as well as assists individual investigators with their own grant and contract initiatives.

Advice, guidance and assistance for developing both funded and unfunded research and scholarship efforts within the College is always available, within the capacity of the Office to provide it.

CONTACT US

College of Mass Communications and Information Studies
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: 803.777.4105
Fax: 803.777.4103

QUICK LINKS

In the News
Research collaboration results in ground breaking study on "readability" of health-related articles on television Web sites

Research Notes (pdf)
Fall 2007
Summer 2006
Winter 2006

Research Strengths of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies

Fall 2006 USC Nanotechnology Expert Survey: Preliminary Results (pdf)

Workshop Report: Communicating Emerging Technologies: An International Symposium (pdf)