Radtke, Stacy L2018-10-042018-10-042018-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/200502Capstone Project, Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Tthe Master of Education Degree in the College of Education and Human Service Professions, May 2018. This item has been modified from the original to redact the signatures present.This thesis is a thoughtful examination of the communication habits of first-year college students at a university in the Midwestern United States. It sought to discover which tools students use, how they use them, and how they would prefer to use them in relation to messages from their academic institution. Quantitative methods were used to analyze the results of a 21-item online survey questionnaire. The results reveal a strong preference for email and social media, and a distaste for print and digital signage. The data show that students consider academic personnel that they share a relationship with (e.g., instructor, teaching assistant, advisor) to be the most important source of information.enCommunication habitsCollege studentsCommunication practicesTechnology applicationsSocial mediaCollege of Education and Human Service ProfessionsDepartment of EducationMaster of EducationPlan Cs (coursework-based master's degrees)University of Minnesota DuluthScholarly Text or Essay