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  • COMM 262: Visual Communication

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Messaris. Examination of the structure and effects of visual media (film, television, advertising, and other kinds of pictures).
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  • COMM 275: Communication and Persuasion

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Cappella/Staff. Theory, research and application in the persuasive effects of communication in social and mass contexts. Primary focus on the effects of messages on attitudes, opinions, values, and behaviors. Applications include political, commercial, and public service advertising; propaganda; and communication campaigns (e.g. anti-smoking).
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  • COMM 291: Internet Policy & Culture. 299.Communications Internship

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Seminar for students concurrently participating in department-approved internships in communication-related organizations. Students will develop independent research agendas to investigate aspects of their internship experience or industry. Building on written field notes, assigned readings, and classroom discussion and evaluation, students will produce final papers using ethnographic methods to describe communications within their site or industry in order to understand and critically examine their hands-on experiences.
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  • COMM 300: Public Space,Public Life

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Marvin/Staff. Public space as a communicative arena. Historical aspects, varieties of public space, public space as a cultural signifier, how public space facilitates or hinders common life, public space as a component of democracy.
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  • COMM 308: Communication Research with Children and Families:Ethical,Theoretical,& Methodological Issues

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Linebarger/Jordan. Prerequisite(s): COMM 225 or COMM 340. This course is designed to explore the unique issues that arise for communications researchers who work with children. We begin by considering the role of theory in designing research by providing examples of theoretical paradigms that shape research programs (e.g., developmental theory, critical theory, ecological theory). We next review the major methodological approaches communications researchers in this field use, including lab and field experiments, surveys and interviews, naturalistic and ethnographic research and secondary data analysis. We examine the variety of contexts in which such research is employed (e.g., audience research, market research, and social research) and consider the unique ethical issues and protective mechanisms in place. The course culminates in group-based, supervised research wherein students have an opportunity to design and implement a child-focused study.
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  • COMM 312: The Politics of Immigration in Europe

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    YILMAZ. Immigration has always been a part of European and world history, but the recent 'wave' of immigration since the early 1960s, in both academic and vernacular discourse (including popular culture and the media ), is attributed a particular significance as the greatest transformation of European societies. The recent 'wave' is generally understood in cultural and religious terms, putting in focus the question of cultural and national identity as the main concern. Islam and the Middle East has thus moved into the center of immigration debate, which in turn is at the center of political discourse. The result is the culturalization of the entire political debate. We will first explore how immigration was conceptualized in different historical periods and the relationship between immigration debate and political discourse of particular historical contexts. We will then analyze how the recent wave of immigration is conceptualized and policed. In this context, we will discuss how the conceptualization was related to the transformation of the political system and the emergence of the extreme right in Western Europe. We will take up examples from academic research on immigration and culture, the coverage of immigration in the media, and the way Europeans talk about immigration We will first explore how immigration was conceptualized in different historical periods and the relationship between immigration debate and political discourse of particular historical contexts. We will then analyze how the recent wave of immigration is conceptualized and policed. In this context, we will discuss how the conceptualization was related to the transformation of the political system and the emergence of the extreme right in Western Europe. We will take up examples from academic research on immigration and culture, the coverage of immigration in the media, and the way Europeans talk about immigration in everyday settings. Through this type of analysis, we will explore how immigrants have become a culturalized and religious category rather than a labor/class issue as in the past. We will also relate the immigration debate in Europe to larger debates on the "West-Islam" divide (for example: clash of cultures alliance of civilizations), "the War on Terror," citizenship and democratic participation, gender equality, freedom of speech and other relevant current issues and debates.
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  • COMM 322: History and Theory of Freedom of Expression

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Marvin. Origins, purpose, theory, practice of freedom of expression in the West. Philosophical roots of contemporary debates about expressive limits, especially problems associated with mass communication. Major topics may include but are not limited to sexual expression, violence, hate speech, traitorous and subversive speech, non-verbal expression, artistic expression, privacy.
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  • COMM 323: Contemporary Politics,Policy and Journalism

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Hunt. "Contemporary Politics, Policy and Journalism" is a course on the modern media and its impact on government and politics. It primarily covers the post-Watergate/post-Vietnam era of journalism, the past quarter century. We will focus each week on specific topics and areas of post-Watergate journalism as enumerated below. In weeks we do not have guest lecturers, the first half of class will concern the assigned readings and the second half of class will talk about current press coverage of national events over the prior week. In addition to assigned readings, students are required to stay informed about major national news stories and to follow coverage of them in the national media outlets. An important objective of this course is to afford students the opportunity to interact and discuss the intersection of the press, politics and public policy with some of the leading practitioners in the field, people who work in the "media environment" created by the national press.
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  • COMM 330: Advertising and Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Turow. This course will explore the historical and contemporary role of the advertising industry in the U.S. media system. Readings will include social histories of advertising, economic examinations of advertising's role in society, and critical analyses of the ad industry's power over the media.
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  • COMM 336: Local News Media and Urban Policy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Kaniss. This course will examine the nature of local news in the 21st century and the the ways in which local news coverage influences urban policies, the actions of local officials, and the image of the city. The course will begin with an examination of how economic forces influence local news coverage in particular, the importance of political geography. We will look at how suburbanization and the rise of local television newscasts affected metropolitan newspapers in the 20th century, and how the more recent emergence of the Internet now affects what is considered "local news." The class will also consider innovations in local news, including citizen journalism and "hyperlocalism," ," blogs and free dailies targeted to youth. At the same time, the course will examine the changing professional values and "standard operating procedures" of local journalists in the face of new competition. We will also consider how local news is influenced by the media strategies of local public officials, and how these local officials-in particular, big-city mayors-play a role in the local news media's fortunes.
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