printer friendly pageCOMM 1A: Media Technologies, People, and Society (COMM 211)
(Graduate students register for 211.) Open to non-majors. Introduction to the concepts and contexts of communication. A topics-structured orientation emphasizing the field and the scholarly endeavors represented in the department.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
COMM 1B: Media, Culture, and Society
The institutions and practices of mass media, including television, film, radio, and digital media, and their role in shaping culture and social life. The media's shifting relationships to politics, commerce, and identity.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Turner, F. (PI)
COMM 104: Reporting, Writing, and Understanding the News
Techniques of news reporting and writing. The value and role of news in democratic societies.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Frankel, G. (PI)
;
Gangadharan, S. (PI)
COMM 106: Communication Research Methods (COMM 206)
(Graduate students register for 206.) Conceptual and practical concerns underlying commonly used quantitative approaches, including experimental, survey, content analysis, and field research in communication. Pre- or corequisite:
STATS 60 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
COMM 108: Media Processes and Effects (COMM 208)
(Graduate students register for 208.) The process of communication theory construction including a survey of social science paradigms and major theories of communication. Recommended: 1 or
PSYCH 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
COMM 116: Journalism Law (COMM 216)
(Undergraduates register for 116.) Laws and regulation impacting journalists. Topics include libel, privacy, news gathering, protection sources, fair trial and free press, theories of the First Amendment, and broadcast regulation. Prerequisite: Journalism M.A. student or advanced Communication major.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Wheaton, J. (PI)
COMM 117: Digital Journalism (COMM 217)
Seminar and practicum. The implications of new media for journalists. Professional and social issues related to the web as a case of new media deployment, as a story, as a research and reporting tool, and as a publishing channel. Prerequisite: Journalism M.A. student or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Rheingold, H. (PI)
COMM 120: Digital Media in Society (COMM 220)
(Graduate students register for 220.) Contemporary debates concerning the social and cultural impact of digital media. Topics include the historical origins of digital media, cultural contexts of their development and use, and influence of digital media on conceptions of self, community, and state.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci
COMM 125: Perspectives on American Journalism (COMM 225)
(Graduate students register for 225.) Issues, ideas, and concepts in the development of American journalism, emphasizing the role of the press in society, the meaning and nature of news, and professional norms that influence conduct in and outside the newsroom. Prerequisite: 1 or junior standing.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Ananny, M. (PI)
;
Glasser, T. (PI)
COMM 126: Advanced Topics in Human Virtual Representation (COMM 226, COMM 326)
(Undergraduates register for 126; master's students for 226; doctoral students for 326.) Topics include the theoretical construct of person identity, the evolution of that construct given the advent of virtual environments, and methodological approaches to understanding virtual human representation. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-5
Instructors:
Bailenson, J. (PI)
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