Course Description
The rhetorical nature, function, development, and impact of social movements on society as applied to one or more case studies and the role of the media in social change.
Athena Title
Communication Social Movements
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in COMM 4360, COMM 6360
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Prerequisite
COMM 3300 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, some students will be able to participate in planning a social movement campaign designed to confront and change power structures using oral, written, and mediated forms of communication. Other students will be able to anticipate and resist attempts at social change. In general, students will be able to identify the common tendencies in rhetoric about social movements. Students are required to complete a variety of assignments that involve conveying critical arguments through multiple communication channels, including oral, visual, and mediated.
Topical Outline
Case Studies on the Civil Rights Movement, Environmental Movement, Women's Movement, Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement, Moral Majority, Pro-Life and/or similar movements. Writing and/or speaking for social change. Structuring communication for social change.