Communication Studies 121 - Talk and Mass Communication

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University of California-Los Angeles

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Description:

Lecture, three hours. In recent years there has been sea change in broadcast news and public affairs programming. News was once packaged and presented to audiences in form of scripted narrative or story, but increasingly news is organized around spontaneous interactional encounters between some combination of journalists, public figures, and ordinary citizens. Examination of interactional forms, with emphasis on news interviews, presidential press conferences, and political speeches before live audiences, from standpoint of their historical development and consequences for journalism, political communication, and public sphere. Primary focus on inner workings of each form of talk - social norms and practices that organize participation and that distinguish forms of broadcast talk from one another and from ordinary conversation. Letter grading.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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