TOPICS IN GOVERNMENT AND MASS MEDIA

JOURN 676

In-depth analysis of a conceptual mass communication issue.

JOURN 201

How the mass media are organized and how they function in modern society; their technological basis, economic and political foundations, and social implications.

JOURN 561

Relationships between mass communications and society; analysis and evaluation of media performance and of suggestions for change.

JOURN 618

Interrelationships of news media, political campaigning, and the electorate. Impact of media coverage and persuasive appeals on image and issue voting, political participation and socialization.

JOURN 563

Freedom of speech and press with particular emphasis on major legal issues confronting media practitioners; introduction to such areas of law as censorship, libel, invasion of privacy, access to information, regulation of electronic media and commercial speech.