Spring 2027

Topics in Mass Communication

Graduate seminar investigating specific mass communication topics, including framing effects and news coverage of social movements, culminating in an independent research project.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Tomas Dodds Rojas

Summary

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Past student reviews · Dhavan Shah

One student rated the course difficulty as 4 out of 5.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Master the literature in the areas of framing, framing effects, and news coverage of social movements.

  • Design and execute a research project that contributes to the literature of news framing and social protest.

  • Develop skills in analyzing and presenting their own and others' research.

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Prerequisites

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  • Graduate/professional standing
JOURN 880

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DHAVAN SHAH is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2012, Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TOMAS DODDS ROJAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Dhavan Shah

Past students described the seminar on Internet and Politics as a great class and highly recommended it.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Dhavan Shah

One student rated the course difficulty as 4 out of 5.

Past student reviews · Dhavan Shah

The reviewer found the seminar on Internet and Politics to be a positive experience.

Topics

  • Specific topics in mass communication.
  • Framing, framing effects, and news coverage of social movements.

Skills

  • Mastery of literature on framing, framing effects, and news coverage of social movements.
  • Designing and executing an independent research project contributing to news framing and social protest literature.
  • Analyzing and presenting one's own and others' research.

Grades

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JOURN 880 · Spring 2027

Topics in Mass Communication

Recorded 2026-10-14
JOURN 880 · Spring 2027

Platforms AI & News

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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