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  • COMM 277A  | 2024-2025 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Tumgoren, S.
    In this course, students will learn about and experiment with a variety of advanced data and computational techniques used in the news industry to hold powerful individuals and institutions to account. Topics may include geospatial analysis, image classification and entity extraction. Students will learn how these techniques are used to ...
  • COMM 177A  | 2024-2025 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Tumgoren, S.
    In this course, students will learn about and experiment with a variety of advanced data and computational techniques used in the news industry to hold powerful individuals and institutions to account. Topics may include geospatial analysis, image classification and entity extraction. Students will learn how these techniques are used to ...
  • COMM 176  | 2024-2025 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Migielicz, G.
    (Graduate students register for 276. COMM 176 is offered for 5 units, COMM 276 is offered for 4 units.) In-depth reporting and production using audio, images and video. Focus on an in-depth journalism project with appropriate uses of digital media: audio, photography, graphics, and video. Topics include advanced field techniques ...
  • COMM 276  | 2024-2025 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Migielicz, G.
    (Graduate students register for 276. COMM 176 is offered for 5 units, COMM 276 is offered for 4 units.) In-depth reporting and production using audio, images and video. Focus on an in-depth journalism project with appropriate uses of digital media: audio, photography, graphics, and video. Topics include advanced field techniques ...
  • COMM 399  | 2024-2025 Winter, Summer, Spring, Autumn
    Instructors:
    • Bailenson, J.
    • Li, X.
    • Migielicz, G.
    • Iyengar, S.
    • Krosnick, J.
    • Phillips, C.
    • Wheaton, J.
    • Zacharia, J.
    • Ram, N.
    • Reeves, B.
    • Turner, F.
    • Pan, J.
    • Harari, G.
    • Hancock, J.
    • Christin, A.
    • Hamilton, J.
    • Fishkin, J.
    • Liu, S.
    Repeatable for credit.
  • COMM 322  | 2023-2024 Autumn
    This course will focus on advanced research on social media with an emphasis on interpersonal dynamics. The course will emphasize key theories from psychology and communication that bear on behavior and social media. Students will develop a research project in the course that draws on one of the primary methods ...
  • COMM 326  | 2024-2025 Autumn
    Instructors:
    • Bailenson, J.
    Topics include the theoretical construct of person identity, the evolution of that construct given the advent of virtual environments, and methodological approaches to understanding virtual human representation. Prerequisite: PhD student or consent of instructor.
  • COMM 346  | 2024-2025 Winter
    Instructors:
    • Harari, G.
    This will be a project-based course for graduate students to take a deep dive on a specific topic within media psychology. All topics will share an underlying focus on individual differences. Example topics include: describing individual differences in use of digital devices (e.g., computers, smartphones, wearables) and platforms (e.g., social ...
  • COMM 138A  | 2023-2024 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Diamond, L.
    • Siu, A.
    • Fishkin, J.
    • Bolotnyy, V.
    In 2019, Stanford's Deliberative Democracy Lab brought together a national random sample of 523 Americans to deliberate on five major policy issues before the American electorate. We called it America in One Room (A1R). Using the methodology of a Deliberative Poll developed by Professor James Fishkin, the experiment recorded many ...
  • COMM 238A  | 2023-2024 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Diamond, L.
    • Siu, A.
    • Fishkin, J.
    • Bolotnyy, V.
    In 2019, Stanford's Deliberative Democracy Lab brought together a national random sample of 523 Americans to deliberate on five major policy issues before the American electorate. We called it America in One Room (A1R). Using the methodology of a Deliberative Poll developed by Professor James Fishkin, the experiment recorded many ...
  • COMM 278A  | 2024-2025 Autumn
    Instructors:
    • Padejski, D.
    This course is intended for graduate students. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of our lives, including journalism. This course offers a comprehensive understanding of the impact of AI on society and the field of journalism, prepares students to navigate the uncertainties and opportunities AI presents, and empowers them ...
  • COMM 328  | 2023-2024 Winter
    Instructors:
    • Turner, F.
    • Burns, J.
    (COMM 128 is offered for 5 units, COMM 228 is offered for 4 units. COMM 328 is offered for 3-5 units.)This seminar covers the intersection of politics, media and art in the U.S. from the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in ...
  • COMM 128  | 2023-2024 Winter
    Instructors:
    • Turner, F.
    • Burns, J.
    (COMM 128 is offered for 5 units, COMM 228 is offered for 4 units. COMM 328 is offered for 3-5 units.)This seminar covers the intersection of politics, media and art in the U.S. from the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in ...
  • COMM 228  | 2023-2024 Winter
    Instructors:
    • Turner, F.
    • Burns, J.
    (COMM 128 is offered for 5 units, COMM 228 is offered for 4 units. COMM 328 is offered for 3-5 units.)This seminar covers the intersection of politics, media and art in the U.S. from the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in ...
  • COMM 177B  | 2024-2025 Autumn
    Instructors:
    • Phillips, C.
    (COMM 177B is offered for 5 units, COMM 277B is offered for 4 units.) This class will tackle data-driven journalism, in collaboration with other academic and journalistic partners. The class is centered around one or more projects rooted in local data-driven journalism but with potential for regional or national journalistic ...
  • COMM 277B  | 2024-2025 Autumn
    Instructors:
    • Phillips, C.
    (COMM 177B is offered for 5 units, COMM 277B is offered for 4 units.) This class will tackle data-driven journalism, in collaboration with other academic and journalistic partners. The class is centered around one or more projects rooted in local data-driven journalism but with potential for regional or national journalistic ...
  • COMM 387  | 2023-2024 Spring
    Instructors:
    • Li, X.
    This course explores the mutual definition of human bodies and technical systems in the historical development and use of media technologies across scientific and cultural domains. Drawing on scholarship in media studies, history of science/technology, and STS, we will examine how bodies and machines were imagined and configured relative to ...
  • COMM 177T  | 2024-2025 Winter
    Instructors:
    • Tumgoren, S.
    (Graduate students register for 277T. COMM 177T is offered for 5 units, COMM 277T is offered for 4 units.) This course introduces students to the process of building interactive web applications and visualizations for the news. Students will study examples from the news industry and gain proficiency in a range ...
  • COMM 277T  | 2024-2025 Winter
    Instructors:
    • Tumgoren, S.
    (Graduate students register for 277T. COMM 177T is offered for 5 units, COMM 277T is offered for 4 units.) This course introduces students to the process of building interactive web applications and visualizations for the news. Students will study examples from the news industry and gain proficiency in a range ...
  • COMM 162  | 2024-2025 Autumn
    Instructors:
    • Wu, B.
    • Townsend, K.
    • Iyengar, S.
    This course examines the theory and practice of American campaigns and elections. First, we will attempt to explain the behavior of the key players -- candidates, parties, journalists, and voters -- in terms of the institutional arrangements and political incentives that confront them. Second, we will use current and recent ...