Media Literacy
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Course Information
Subject code
COM
Subject Code Description
Communication
Course Number
3770
Course Title
Media Literacy
Catalog Subject and Course Number
COM 3770
Catalog Title
Media Literacy
Course Description (Combined)
Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in any WC&IL II course or HON 1000; COM 3000.
Inquiry into media messages, be they informative, persuasive, or entertainment, shape cultural practices and legacies. Focus is on critiquing media messages in ways that reveal the distinctions and similarities between mediated and non-mediated messages. Various critical frameworks (e.g., rhetorical, feminist, Marxist) will be examined and applied to media messages.
Credit: 3