MCOM 4 Mass Media and Critical Thinking

Units: 3
This course is designed to introduce critical thinking and reasoning skills useful to interpreting and analyzing news, entertainment and advertising in mass media. Emphasis is on assessing the quality and content of media messages and on how to think critically about the effects of media. The course focuses on analysis of legacy, digital, and social media examining the impact of modern message delivery on spread of information. Analysis of ethical and legal issues in message dissemination will also be discussed. (UC, CSU)