COM 155 - Media Literacy

Institution:

Marist College

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Description:

Three Credits LA Media Literacy is an introduction to the ways media influences its own future as well as our own. This course will help students become more critical of our media environment and more effective communicators of ideas, perspectives, and knowledge. Media Literacy comprises film, television, radio, the Web, and digital games. As both consumers and producers of media, we will analyze and make sense of the myriad ways that media informs, obscures, propagates, sells, and makes whole our sense of individuality and community. Topics include visual signification, digital media, the social functions of the image, and the role of media in the cultural process. Offered in fall and spring.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Marist.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 575-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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