Research
In research, LL&C's mission is to develop and assess new understandings of how people create and manage their social and professional worlds through the mediation of sign systems and communication technologies. Among the major thrusts of research in the department are the following:
Communication and Computers
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- Computer-mediated communication
- Design of human-computer interactions
- Information technologies in community development and networking
- Technical and professional communication practices
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- Book design
- Design of hypermedia texts and art works
- Visual communication / design and integration of visual with verbal codes
- Writing for print and digital media
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Rhetoric, Culture, and Communication Technology
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- Cultural studies of film, photography, advertising, cyberspace, and other media
- Cultural rhetoric, including ethnographic studies of themed cultural environments
- History and theory of rhetoric
- Language in collaborative design work
- Rhetorical studies of American landscape representations/ constructions
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Current research interests and projects of LL&C faculty as well as those of doctoral candidates enrolled in Communication and Rhetoric.
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For more information on research at Rensselaer, please visit:
Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory
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