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3.00 Credits
Examines the development of advertising in historical context, focusing on the evolving structure and function of advertising agencies, market research practices, advertising design, anthropological approaches to advertising and consumer culture, and contemporary policy issues. Prereq: CMN 455 or permission. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the study of communication in marital relationships. Examines the major theoretical orientations that characterize the marriage fi eld and investigates the processes by which communication facilitates or hinders marital adjustment and stability: understanding, and relationship satisfaction. Also explores popular cultural constructions of marriage and intimacy and how these infl uence personal expectations for marital relationships. Students need not be married to take or benefi t from this course. Prereq: CMN 457, or permission. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the role of communication in the creation, maintenance, and transformation of family systems. Focus on how meanings of "family" are constructedthrough familial and popular discourses, and the consequences these communication practices have for lived experience. Prereq: CMN 457 or permission. 4 cr.
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12.00 Credits
New or specialized topics in the organization, history, and policy of communication practices not covered in regular course off erings. Topics vary; descriptions of course content and any prerequisites are available during preregistration. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits if topics diff er. Prereq: contingent on topic. 1-4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Qualitative research practices for the study of mass communication. Tools for investigating the production contexts of media institutions, the cultural and ideological meanings of media texts, and the social dimensions of media consumption in home and family. Emphasis on how to review literature, develop a research question, defi ne a unit of analysis, select and apply method, interpret data, and draw conclusions grounded in theory. Prereq: any two 500 level CA courses (excluding CA 501), one of which must have CMN 455 is prerequisite or permission. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Th e role of communication technologies in shaping cultural meanings and human consciousness. Covers the work of Innis, McLuhan, Ong, Postman, Carey and others to understand the historical development of shifting communication technologies and patterns of culture from orality to computer communication. Also explores the dynamic between mass culture and subcultural appropriations of media forms and content. Prereq: any two CA courses (excluding CA 501), one of which must have CMN 455 as a prerequisite or permission. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Critically examines a variety of theories which seek to explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships including performance theory, social construction theory, systems theory, feminist theory, and narrative theory. Prereq: any two 500 level courses (excluding CA 501), one of which must have CMN 457 as a prerequisite, or permission. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the ways humans make sense of experience through the stories we construct within particular relational, cultural, and historical contexts. Explores a variety of topics including narrative conventions, canonical stories, subjectivity and refl exivity, the relationship between story and audience, space and time, memory and imagination, and narrative truth. Each student will conduct an original narrative research project. Prereq: any two 500 level CA courses (excluding CA 501), one of which must have CMN 457 as a prerequisite, or permission. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the concept of power -- how we conceive of power, how we enact power, and the eff ects of power in our interpersonal relationships. Using a variety of theoretical approaches such as relational theory, feminist theory, and social constructionism, we will consider the idea that the expression of power is an act of selfdefi nition, that power resides in the ability to defi ne one's reality while identifying and choosing courses of action, and that disempowerment is the end result of the loss of freedom of action. Prereq: Any two 500 level CA courses (excluding CA 501), one of which must have CMN 457 as a prerequisite, or permission. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive study of philosophical, rhetorical, and methodological issues in fi lm history research. Examines a series of selected historical problems in the areas of social, aesthetic, industrial, and technological fi lm history up to 1948 and reviews existing historiography on these problems. Focus is on original student research. Prereq: any two 500 level CA courses (excluding CA 501), one of which must have CMN 455 as a prerequisite, or permission. Special fee. Writing intensive. 4 cr.
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