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4.00 Credits
Surveys the history and development of electronic media. Designed to familiarize students with the technologies of radio, television, and computer-mediated communication. Provides students with a greater understanding of the regulatory mechanisms, industry practices, and social-political factors that determine electronic media forms and content. Special emphasis is placed on the convergence of once-discrete technologies and the creation of a new media environment.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to familiarize students with the business side of the media. Examines the competitive structure of the radio, TV, and cable marketplace at both the network and local level. Students also examine programming practices, ratings, and regulations.
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4.00 Credits
Offers students the opportunity to engage at a deep level with the critical policies that constrain or facilitate public communication. Theories of government, the state, regulation, public space, and community are informed by ideas about the circulation of images and public and private representations within a market economy. This course analyzes the institutions that have emerged to monitor and facilitate the U.S. and global communications infrastructure and the media that move on it. Seeks to impress upon students the constant need of analysis and informed criticism of this complex world.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the role of the media in democratic societies. Explores a number of important questions, including what is democracy What types of information do citizens of a democracy need in order to participate in the governance of their lives In our increasingly digital world, where do political discussions happen Are the media responsible for keeping the public informed Who constitutes the "public" Are we citizens Consumers Producers Who decides In order to address these questions, students have the opportunity to become conversant in a variety of modern and contemporary theoretical and critical perspectives on the relationship between the media, democracy, and what has come to be known as the public sphere.
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4.00 Credits
Examines representations of identity (race, gender, sexuality, and class) in the media, investigates their influences, and considers their repercussions. The class especially focuses on understanding identity as a construction, rather than as inherently "natural." Broadly, we discuss the relationship between identity and media representations; more specifically, we look at cultural texts, sites, and practices where the existing racial categories mix, merge, and/or rub up against each other in ways that problematize the naturalness of essentialized identities.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional intermediate academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional intermediate academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional intermediate academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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