MCOM101

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Introduction to Media Studies

Media & Communications College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

MCOM

Course Number

101

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, ENCA: Minor-Creative Arts Elective, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, NCAT: Minor-Creative Arts/Technology, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications

Course Short Title

Introduction to Media Studies

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Provides students with a framework for understanding how media messages are made and distributed, as well as a toolkit for effective and ethical engagement with, and analysis of, media forms. Observes the nature of mediated communication, the functions of media, the effects of shifting media forms and technologies, and the institutions that help define media’s place in society through interdisciplinary, comparative, and historical lenses.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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