COMM 345 - Media Literacy and Youth

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisites: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) or Consent of Instructor Description: This writing intensive, interdisciplinary course examines the relationship between mass communication, mass media, and youth culture. Students analyze how populations that have been historically marginalized and often stigmatized in U.S. society are represented in media including patterns of mis-representation. Topics include the theories and effects of mass communication, in particular the effects of mass media on children and adolescents. To develop media literacy, students will apply these concepts to their own experiences with popular media, including television, print, and film. Students must earn a C- or better to fulfill the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR).

Meeting Information

Info current as 3/27/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
ARR Online 5/30/2017 - 7/3/2017 Kaia Tollefson

Status: Open
Class Number: 1127
Session: Extended Session 5
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 5/30/2017 - 7/3/2017
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 18
Available Seats: 2
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780813347233
Title: Connecting Social Problems & Popular Culture
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Author: Sternheimer

More textbook information including prices

Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • A1: Oral Communication
  • D: Social Perspectives
  • UDIGE: Interdisciplinary
  • Self Support Online

Notes

Prerequisite course required. Consult CSUCI Catalog
Open to Juniors and Seniors Only
Cross-listed course