The main objective of the Communication Science Doctoral Program is to investigate both the theoretical and the applied aspects of communication. It seeks to clarify the notion of communication and the role that it plays in society; and also aims to explore the sociological, psychological, cultural and anthropological aspects of communication. The program also focuses on the cultural, political, economic, technological and legal aspects of the processes taking place in the media landscape. The training emphasizes the importance of a critical, global, and interdisciplinary approach. In addition to providing theoretical and methodological knowledge in communication and media sciences, the range of related disciplines on offer cover a wide range of topics, including visual communication and culture, digital media and future-research, argument and rhetoric, cognitive linguistics and psychology, behavioral science, and various applied specializations of communication (health communication, environmental communication, political communication, family communication).
