CMST& 102: Introduction to Mass Media

Credits 5 Lecture Hours 55 Lab Hours 0
Other Hours
0
Total Hours
55
Distributions & Designations
Equity, Diversity, and Power,
Humanities
EDP, H- In this course, students become better consumers of information through an understanding of the media's history and cultural, economic, and social impacts. Students will learn how the internet, television, radio, film, and print media affect private and public life. They will be able to analyze the news and information flowing around them critically. Students will explore the legal, ethical, economic, and commercial dimensions of mass communications including how local and global systems of power, privilege, and inequality are created and maintained. (formerly 203)

Prerequisites

Successful completion of ENGL 95 or above, or placement into ENGL&101.