Communication and Media Studies 189
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04:189:101 Introduction to Communication and Information Systems and Processes (3) Theory and practice in communication studies with emphasis on receiving, processing, and transmitting information. Particular attention to interpersonal, organizational, and intercultural contexts. |
04:189:102Introduction to Media Systems and Processes (3) Historical development of mass media institutions and the role of media in society. Particular attention to news, government regulation, effects, economics, emerging technologies, and audience dynamics. |
04:189:103Information Technology and Informatics (3) The nature of the Internet, its fundamental structural components and the methodologies necessary for its critical manipulation in order to find reliable information for personal, academic, and career-oriented results. Emphasis on the appropriate use of web browsers, general and compound search engines, as well as Internet resource guides. Pre- or corequisites: 01:189:101, 102. ITI majors only. |
04:189:441Communication and Human Values (3) Seminar on communication and human values in a democratic society. Emphasis on the concept of cultural democracy in the formulation of public policy; historical evaluation of the philosophical problems related to matters of private taste versus public good. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Open only to seniors and graduate students. |