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MEDIA AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

COMARTS 325
Course Description

Investigate the ways in which individuals use, create, and respond to media content in the context of increasingly blurred boundaries between "mass" and "interpersonal" media. We will consider social scientific theories and research on a wide array of topics, including media uses and effects with regard to social connection, learning, judgments, perceptions, stereotypes, violence, consumption, and political participation.

Prerequisites

Sophomore standing

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.51

16.38% from Historical

Completion Rate
97.96%

2.56% from Historical

A Rate
59.18%

201.11% from Historical

Class Size
49

-47.55% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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