SOC309

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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, ENAM: Minor-American Stud Elective, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, MMAR: Major-Marketing, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, MSOC: Major-Sociology, NAME: Minor-American Studies, NARD: Minor-Performing Arts Admin, NLIN: Minor-Linguistics, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications, NSOC: Minor-Sociology, ENMA: Minor-Marketing Elective, NMAR: Minor-Marketing

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

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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