SOC309
Sociology of Mass Communications
Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
SOC
Course Number
309
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMMA: Major-Marketing Elective, EMME: Major-Media and Comms Elective, ENAD: Minor-Arts Admin Elective, MMAR: Major-Marketing, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, MSOC: Major-Sociology, NARD: Minor-Performing Arts Admin, ENAM: Minor-American Stud Elective, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, NAME: Minor-American Studies, NLIN: Minor-Linguistics, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications, NSOC: Minor-Sociology
Course Short Title
Sociology of Mass Comm.
Course Long Title
Sociology of Mass Communications
Course Description
An overview of how the mass media and American cultural, political and economic institutions mutually affect each other. Systems of mass communication examined include books, the Internet, magazines, movies, newspapers, and television. Two topics to be emphasized are: 1) the production, control, and consumption of various forms of information in the mass media; 2) comparative analyses of the uses of mass media in different countries.
Min
4
Repeatable
-
Equivalent Course(s)
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