 | | Course ID: | JRLC 5040/7040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law of Mass Communication | Course
Description: | First Amendment principles and communication law affecting print, telecommunications, advertising, and public relations. | | Oasis Title: | COMMUNICATION LAW | | Prerequisite: | (ADPR 3100 or ADPR 3100H or ADPR 3850 or ADPR 3850H or JOUR 3310 or TELE 3010 or TELE 3010H) and permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC 5040H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Law of Mass Communication (Honors) | Course
Description: | First Amendment principles and communication law affecting
print, telecommunications, advertising, and public relations. | | Oasis Title: | COMMUNICATION LAW | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JRLC 5040/7040 | | Prerequisite: | (ADPR 3100 or ADPR 3100H or ADPR 3850 or ADPR 3850H or JOUR 3310 or JOUR 3310H or TELE 3010 or TELE 3010H) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC(LACS) 5060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Telenovelas, Culture, and Society | Course
Description: | Examination of the connections between media, culture, and
society as participants study the world's most watched television
genre: the Latin American telenovela. The class focuses on the
genre's contexts of production, consumption, regulation, and
globalization, and analyzes telenovelas as a public forum for the
negotiation of sociocultural issues. | | Oasis Title: | TELENOVELAS & SOC | | Prerequisite: | SPAN 2002 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC 5080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Mass Communication | Course
Description: | Mass media of the world--what they are like, how they operate, and what impact they have. Philosophies of different systems will be compared, as well as efforts at development or regulation of these systems. Attention will be given to print and electronic media and to international news agencies. | | Oasis Title: | INTL. MASS COMM | | Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC 5210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Social Effects of Mass Communication | Course
Description: | Patterns of influence among mass communication and the individuals, organizations, and institutions in society. Current research and critical literature are analyzed in reviewing debates about claims of media effects, including socialization of children, formation of attitudes and values, promotion of social behaviors, and legitimation of power structures. | | Oasis Title: | MASS COMM EFFECTS | | Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC 5400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Race, Gender, and the Media | Course
Description: | Relationship between men, women, and racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and the media. Includes discussions of representations in mass media (television, print media, advertising, and film); impact of representations on audiences; inequities in media professions and institutions; and alternative, feminist, and minority media. | | Oasis Title: | RACE/GENDER & MED | | Prerequisite: | Junior standing | | Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC 5490/7490. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of the Mass Media in the United States | Course
Description: | Mass media in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Special attention is given to newspapers, magazines, radio, and television and their relationship to the history and development of the nation. | | Oasis Title: | U.S. MEDIA HISTORY | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | JRLC 5990. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Journalism and Mass Communication | Course
Description: | Designed to synthesize and integrate many of the theoretical
and practical approaches of the study of mass communication.
Through a variable topics seminar, student will be given the
opportunity to analyze processes and effects of mass
communication and to acquire specialized knowledge of specific
mass media modes of presentation and production. | | Oasis Title: | JOUR&MASS COMM SEM | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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