INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA STUDIES

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Lower-Level

Our world is saturated with media. But what does that mean for us? This course explores the study of media in two ways. First, it introduces students to a range of theoretical perspectives on the role of media within society. Second, it guides students through the analysis of different forms of media, including social, broadcast, print, journalistic, and digital. This course pays special attention to how dynamics of class, race, gender, and generation affect media’s production and consumption. By the end of the semester, students will have developed a more comprehensive and deeper understanding of how media shape our lives. Formerly offered as, and mutually exclusive with, CMST 204. Students who have earned credit for CMST 204 cannot earn credit for MDIA 204 .