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ARTEMIO RAMIREZ

Director and Professor

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Office: CIS 3106
Phone: 813-974-6934
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bio

Artemio Ramirez, Jr., Ph. D. (University of Arizona) is a professor in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications. He teaches courses in the general area of communication and technology, including graduate courses on social media, mobile media, and computer-mediated communication. His research interests focus on the social aspects of computer-mediated interaction including multimodal communication, information seeking behavior, and relational reconnection via computer-mediated channels. His publications have appeared in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Interactive Marketing, and New Media & Society, among many others. He also serves on numerous editorial boards for national and international journals. His research has been supported by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Army Research Office (ARO).

Education

• Ph.D. Communication: University of Arizona, December 2000
• M.A. Communication and Theater: The University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992
• B.A. Communication and Theater: The University of Illinois at Chicago, 1990

Teaching Areas

• Research methods with an emphasis on quantitative approaches
• Computer-Mediated Communication
• Social media
• Relational Communication and Technology

Research Specializations

• Modality Switching
• Relational Reconnection
• Information Seeking
• Social Media
• Predicted Outcome Value Theory