School of Communication
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The School of Communication at American University is a professional and academic division specializing in media, journalism, public communication, and related communication studies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| School of Communication canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T488711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School of Communication Context triple: [American University, hasAcademicDivision, School of Communication]
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A.
School of Communication
The School of Communication at the University of Miami is an academic division specializing in fields such as journalism, media, film, public relations, and communication studies.
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B.
Faculty of Communication
The Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to higher education and research in fields such as journalism, social communication, and related media studies.
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C.
School of Journalism and Communication
The School of Journalism and Communication is an academic unit of Wuhan University specializing in education and research in journalism, media, and related communication fields.
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D.
College of Media
The College of Media is a specialized academic unit at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign focused on journalism, advertising, media studies, and related communication fields.
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E.
Faculty of Mass Communication
The Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University is a leading Egyptian academic institution specializing in journalism, media, and communication studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School of Communication Target entity description: The School of Communication at American University is a professional and academic division specializing in media, journalism, public communication, and related communication studies.
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A.
School of Communication
The School of Communication at the University of Miami is an academic division specializing in fields such as journalism, media, film, public relations, and communication studies.
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B.
Faculty of Communication
The Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to higher education and research in fields such as journalism, social communication, and related media studies.
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C.
School of Journalism and Communication
The School of Journalism and Communication is an academic unit of Wuhan University specializing in education and research in journalism, media, and related communication fields.
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D.
College of Media
The College of Media is a specialized academic unit at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign focused on journalism, advertising, media studies, and related communication fields.
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E.
Faculty of Mass Communication
The Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University is a leading Egyptian academic institution specializing in journalism, media, and communication studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
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professional school ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
communication
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journalism ⓘ media and film studies ⓘ public relations ⓘ strategic communication ⓘ |
| affiliation |
American University College of Arts and Sciences (historical roots)
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linked to:
American University
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| campus | American University main campus ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
experiential learning in media and communication
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public service and public affairs communication ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
media production
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professional communication education ⓘ public affairs communication ⓘ research in communication ⓘ |
| governedBy | American University administration ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | AU SOC ⓘ |
| hasCampusSetting | urban campus ⓘ |
| hasEducationalApproach | professional and academic training in communication ⓘ |
| hasType | school of communication ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.american.edu/soc/ ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | American University campus in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor’s degrees in communication-related fields
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Doctoral degrees in communication-related fields ⓘ Master’s degrees in communication-related fields ⓘ |
| offersProgramType |
doctoral programs
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graduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| offersSubject |
digital media
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investigative journalism ⓘ political communication ⓘ public relations and strategic communication ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American University ⓘ |
| partOf | American University ⓘ |
| regionServed | Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| sector | private higher education ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
communication studies
ⓘ
film and media arts ⓘ journalism ⓘ media studies ⓘ public communication ⓘ strategic communication ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: School of Communication Description of subject: The School of Communication at American University is a professional and academic division specializing in media, journalism, public communication, and related communication studies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.