About The PCC

The Political Communication Center sponsors conferences, workshops, symposia, and lectures. Such programs provide a forum for the interaction of students, scholars, and practitioners on political communication issues. PCC sponsored conferences include campaign professionals, members of the media, and elected officials to discuss political campaigning, campaign finance and ethics. The Center's lecture series brings political communication scholars and practitioners, as well as current and former elected officials, to speak to the university community. The center also coordinates the Josh Lee Lecture Series, a biennial series highlighting the art of oratory in honor of former U.S. Senator and Communication Department Chair, Josh Lee. The Political Communication Center also engages in active outreach efforts through providing presentations for other colleges and universities, civic clubs, business and professional groups, political gatherings, and other interested organizations. In addition, the Political Heritage Scholarship Program honors outstanding students at the university, designating them as Political Communication Heritage Scholars.

The Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma is committed to five areas of concentration for the graduate program. These areas serve as core niches of excellence. They are: intercultural/international communication; social influence/interpersonal communication; mass/political communication; health communication; language and social interaction. The graduate program is ranked among the finest in the country and is considered to be one of the major centers of communication research in the world. The faculty and graduate students take pride in the department's excellent reputation among peer doctoral-granting departments throughout the United States. The department offers both a master of arts program and a doctor of philosophy program. The goal of the undergraduate program is sharing the best available theories of communication and facilitating the application of these theories. See the Department of Communication page for more information.

Announcements

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Financial support for on-campus work in the Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive is now available.

If you are interested in requesting materials from the collection to be used off-site, please click on the 'Access & User Information' link on the left to review the policies and guidelines for special compilations.

PLEASE NOTE: The online catalog provides the listings of candidate's ads alphabetically by last name; and the listings of ballot initiatives by state and national issue ads. Call or email the curator or archives assistant for information regarding radio spots and other holdings.

Streaming video access to the archival materials is not available on this site; however, many famous ads can be viewed by following the 'Links to Online Spots' button on the left.

Lewis Mazanti
Curator/Archivist