Applied research in new media, journalism, & communications

[milara]

Right. So I want to do a doctorate that is relevant to applying cutting edge IT to create new journalism models. What programs would be appropriate?

I hope to make a career of doing applied research in this field... use a firm grounding in theory to conceive of new ways of fulfilling the same needs that traditional journalism fulfills, create open source applications based on those conceptions, test them in controlled experiments, or even in the field, publish based on the results of those experiments, draw conclusions, and then use those conclusions to go back to the drawing board.

Many communications programs don't have any new media content, or if they do, it's very theoretical. Most media arts programs require far more programming knowledge than I currently have, although I'm working on that weak spot.

Anyone know of programs that might be able to accommodate these interests? I've looked around but haven't found any clear fits.