The SIUC College of Mass Communication & Media Arts offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of Mass Communication and Media Arts.

WSIU Public Broadcasting operates Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television stations and National Public Radio (NPR) radio stations. The annual Big Muddy Film Festival is an international event with competition screenings, documentary and narrative feature screenings, panel discussions and guest presentations of independent, non-traditional films.

The Daily Egyptian, one of the premiere daily college newspapers in the country began in 1916. The Global Media Research Center hosts visiting postdoctoral fellows as well as a regular speaker series and screening series to foster ongoing interaction between academic research and both creative and professional media practice.