COMM 1610 — Introduction to Mass Communication
This introductory course is intended to develop critical and analytical skills for understanding mass media; for recognizing messages, making deliberate choices about them, and evaluating the effects of these messages in both an individual and societal context. Students will examine the history, evolution, and societal impact of a wide variety of media, including print, film, and social media and will develop skills to make informed, ethical evaluations of the mediated messages they receive.
Part of
- Business Computer Systems and Management AS
- Communication Studies Transfer Pathway AA
- Economics Transfer Pathway AA
- English Language for Academic Purposes Certificate
- English Transfer Pathway AA
- Gender and Women's Studies AA
- Liberal Arts and Sciences AA
- Marketing Specialist AAS
- Mass Communication Transfer Pathway AA
- Mathematics Transfer Pathway AA
- Pre-Social Work Transfer Pathway AS
- Sociology Transfer Pathway AA
- Video Game Studies Certificate