CMN 5132 Theories and Effects of the Media

3 units
Communication
Faculty of Arts
Critique of traditional (e.g., cultivation, social learning, and dependency), interpretive (e.g., narrative and genre), and critical/ cultural (e.g., political economy) theories of the mass media. Contemporary research directions in the field of mass and emerging communications. Study of the effects on audience behavior.

Components:

Seminar

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

Organized

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4.63

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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