JOUR 5040 - Media Studies and Theories

3 hours

Enduring issues and problems of American mass media and to the body of knowledge concerning theories on the function, nature, audience and effects of mass communication. Examines mass communication as a social system and the contributions of social scientists to the study of mass communication by putting emphasis on political, economic, technological, legal and historical factors that have shaped American mass media.

Prerequisite(s): None.