In this course, students systematically study and analyze the complex and constitutive relationship between media and society (i.e. how humans make meaning of symbols in media and how the media reflect these symbols).  The course provides foundational knowledge of the formation and future of mass media institutions including economics, governance and power structures as they mediate social meanings.   In this course, students are taught to systematically analyze media and its effects through a critical process offering them skills to become more informed media analysts and consumers-an essential factor to the success of an informed participatory democracy.

Every Fall and Spring

Previously: MDST 110