Mass Communications and Mass Media

3 hours; 3 creditsThe role of mass media in modern society. The importance ofpropaganda, public relations, and public opinion; the effects ofadvertising on everyday life, and the origins of consumer culture; theconsequences of violence in TV and film; the reasons for newsdistortions in print and broadcast journalism. (Not open to studentswho have completed Sociology 52.)Prerequisite: SOCY *1101 [5] or SOCY 1200 or SOCY 1201 or permission of the chairperson.

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