JMS 375 - Journalism and Media History

Institution:

Mercer University

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Description:

This course is designed to examine journalism from the first crude hand presses and wooden types, through the Colonial and Revolutionary eras in America, the pioneer and western settlement eras, the Civil War, the expansion West, the time of Yellow journalism, the rise of the magazine, the rise of the radio, the rise of television, the coming of computer technolo- gy, corporate ownership, the vast media conglomerates that have emerged in the last decades, and other areas that define journalism today. (Every other year)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.mercer.edu

Phone Number:

(478) 301-2700

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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