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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Study of current and past battles over the limits of free expression; moral and ethical issues and dilemmas and conflicts of interest; public perceptions of the press; and the interdependence of the media, economics, politics, sports, and entertainment. Media as instruments of social and esthetic change will be discussed, along with press law and goverment controls, and the portrayal of people of color, gender issues, sexual diversity issues, and community issues.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses coverage of current international affairs to prompt students to analyze and discuss how various American media differ in reporting foreign news, as well as to provide a forum for comparing domestic and international news coverage. Topics for comparison will range from geopolitical issues like the Middle East to more mundane topics like global conferences. The "war on terror" coverange and media-military relations during the Afghan and Iraq wars will also be examined. The non-American perspective on world events will be highlighted by studying other countries' media. The final lecture focuses on concrete advice on how students interested in international reporting can start laying the necessary groundwork in their own careers.
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3.00 Credits
This course reviews the history and development of advertising. The course emphasizes basic advertising campaigns showing relationships of marketing, creative, print, and electronic media. Students will learn the basics of writing and editing for advertising and commercial copy for all media; selling, planning, and buying for the media; advertising's relationship to society and business; media choice; and production of advertising materials, with an emphasis on the creation and design of advertising elements. Prerequisite: COM234
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of contemporary environmental communication theory, practice, and criticism. Students interrogate topics such as the meaning of "green" or "sustainable," social justice and environmental advocacy, and public participation in environmental decision-making.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This practicum is intended for students to videotape, edit and/or post video clips of selected Chatham events on Chatham's web page. Name credits apprear as appropriate. Students use Mellon Studio resources for production. Earned credits (3) require covering 5 events during the semester. Prerequisite(s): ART/FDT 250 or COM 240
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3.00 Credits
To be determined
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3.00 Credits
Course provides an introduction to the essential concepts and theories of health communication. Students study how individuals understand health issues and how communication processes help shape and influcence our acceptance of health-related messages. Topics include health literacy, media coverage of health issues, and health risk communications.
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3.00 Credits
Course offers an overview of environmental communications providing an analysis of how individuals, institutions and corporations describe and portray our interactions with the environment. Discussion topics include environmental discourse, environmental conflicts, risk communication, environmental disasters, environmental social movements, and the nature-society relationship.
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3.00 Credits
Course provides an overview of concepts, tactics and skills employed in strategic internal and external communications. Students learn how to determine the communications objective(s), define the target audience(s) and stakeholders, and develop key messages to improve strategic communications.
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