| Course ID: | JOUR 3030E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Media, News, and Consumers |
Course
Description: | The relationship between media and society. Because of the First Amendment’s commitment to freedom of press and speech, attention is focused on news. Students will become critical consumers of media and will explore how media create and disseminate messages. Focus on current issues in all media forms. |
| Oasis Title: | Media, News, and Consumers |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JOUR 3030, JOUR 3030H |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Through readings, videos, lectures, and class assignments, students will learn key concepts of news media, including the relationship between journalism and society. Students will learn about the First Amendment, including their rights. Students will become more critical consumers of media via a focus on current media controversies and events. Students will be introduced to media history, ethics, and law. |
| Topical Outline: | Reading and using news; building blocks of the news; media processes and principles; the structure and nature of media; watching TV news: how to be a smarter viewer; anatomy of a multimedia news organization; how news is made; history of journalism in America; theories of the First Amendment; freedom of information; newsgathering law and liability; freedom of the press; online media law: basics for bloggers and others; handling race and ethnicity; journalism ethics; politics and media; understanding and interpreting polls; media as a business; hate speech and campus speech codes; free-speech zones; fan profanity; sexual harassment. |