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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Provides a comparative analysis of the principles guiding the organization, development, and operations of media systems in different political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. Considers the global expansion of mass media and the increasing connections of world citizens in a "global community." Compares theproduction, distribution, reception, and effects of mass mediated messages in countries around the world. Topics explored include media systems and their social and political contexts, media and revolution, global media intersections with local audiences, and politics of international news and entertainment flows. Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 209.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the philosophy, history, development, and current interpretations of U.S. media law explores constitutional rights, laws, precedents, and public concerns which guide U.S. media, the public, the courts, regulatory agencies, and policymakers. Prerequisite: COM 101 Introduction to Communication or COM 201 or 202 Media & Society Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 211.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the prospects and problems that surround the introduction and diffusion of new information technologies in society. The social, political, economic, and cultural impacts of new information technologies on personal privacy, selfidentity, social relationships, information access, and global citizenship are considered. Thematic focus varies from semester to semester with case studies drawn from cyberspace, the internet and social media, electronic communities, the gendering of technology, virtual realities, and computers and productivity in the workplace. Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 213.
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4.00 Credits
Explores public relations from a critical perspective with emphasis on communication theory and research into public relations practices. Topics include the origins and development of public relations, its role in society, principles of public relations theory and practice, and the ethical issues raised by various philosophies and practices of public relations. Prerequisite: COM 101 Introduction to Communication or COM 201 or 202 Media & Society recommended Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 217.
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4.00 Credits
This course looks at the history of the contested relationship between patriotism and the press. It begins from the Civil War, the first American conflict in which the press played a significant and controversial role, and continues to contemporary arguments over the media's appropriate role in the conflicts involving international terrorism. Among the questions to be explored are the public's right to know, reporters' accessto the battlefield, and government censorship. Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 219.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to the great traditions of interpretive, documentary, and advocacy journalism and photojournalism. Includes analysis of exemplary works in the tradition and provides some opportunities to develop skills through individual projects. Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 226.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the American tradition of social documentary, focusing on milestone projects, including the work of James Agee and Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, William Carlos Williams, and Robert Coles. Both visual and textual modes of production are examined. Special focus is given to new digital forms of representation and their impact on production, distribution, and consumption. Framing this investigation are the ethical issues that emerge when rendering and representing individuals' lives. Students are introduced to the fundamental skills of investigative research, interviewing, gathering and interpreting information, and using print and electronic archives. Students research and produce their own multimedia documentary project. Prerequisite: COM 201 or 202 Media & Society Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 231.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces different strategies and different approaches for analyzing film and video texts, including formal, narrative, psychoanalytic, social/cultural, and feminist. Students will develop an understanding of the grammar, vocabulary, and conventions of film and video production and the factors that shape viewers' reception. Meets general academic requirement A (and W which applies to 241 only).
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4.00 Credits
Analyzes the historical development of radio, film, and television genres, technologies, and formats and considers the cultural, economic, political, and social climates in which they evolved. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 243 only).
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4.00 Credits
Introduces basic concepts of timebased visual media with an emphasis on the perception, operation, and experience of moving images, kinesics, and the structure and aesthetics of cinematic language. Students will learn how to work with cameras and audio and postproduction equipment.
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