Mass Communication History
Mass Communication History introduces the literature of mass communication through intensive reading and discussion.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Analyze key historical arguments, methodologies, and sources used in the study of journalism and mass communication.
Evaluate how historical evidence is constructed, interpreted, and debated within communication scholarship.
Conduct original historical research using primary and secondary sources, such as archives, oral histories, or media artifacts.
Synthesize historiographical debates to situate their own research within broader scholarly conversations.
Produce and present an original, research-based paper or project that demonstrates mastery of historical inquiry and scholarly communication.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).
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Topics
- Literature of mass communication
- Historical arguments, methodologies, and sources in journalism and mass communication
- Primary and secondary sources including archives, oral histories, and media artifacts
- Historiographical debates in communication scholarship
Skills
- Analyze historical arguments and methodologies
- Evaluate construction and interpretation of historical evidence
- Conduct original historical research with primary and secondary sources
- Synthesize historiographical debates
- Produce and present research-based papers or projects
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