CM 240A - Perspectives on Mass Communication

Institution:

Merrimack College

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Description:

This course provides insight into the basic principles of mass communication and its historical development. Issues to be explored include media access, media ethics, media effects, and the growth in variety and uses of mass communication, spanning the range of mass communication technologies from electronic to wireless. Students will also be asked to pay special attention to media’s role in reinforcing and challenging the dominant values, attitudes, and beliefs central to Western culture, including how these perspectives have become disseminated internationally. We will explore how the media reflects and sometimes defies the society that created it. Prerequisite: CM 101A or CM 102A or consent of the instructor. Three hours a week.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.merrimack.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 837-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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