MDIA 2010 - Media and Pop Culture (SS, GC)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

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Description:

Fulfills General Education Social & Behavioral Sciences requirement, and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. For all students with an interest in media; required for the Media Studies degree. Examines relationships between mass communication and society from a variety of theoretical perspectives and social concerns, including roles and performance of contemporary media content; critical evaluation of the uses and effects of media; how contemporary news, entertainment, and advertising content shared a culture's understanding of women, minorities, children, and other groups; and basic media ethics and laws. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply a critical approach to the history, technology, economy, theory and regulations of various mass media. 2. Explain the multi-faceted connections between American culture and the media. 3. Explain the techniques and institutions of contemporary commercial communication. 4. Apply knowledge of the present and future of the media, including but not limited to individual media use of both traditional and new media tools. 5. Explain how new media tools do, and will continue to, influence our society. 6. Explain how new media affects individuals' communicative perceptions and actions. FA, SP

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/23/2010 - 05/14/2016 

Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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