MEDIA, RELIGION & DEMOCRACY (COMM 224)
Term: 2007-2008 Fall Semester
Description
COMM 224. MEDIA, RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY. Explores a variety of questions and problems related to the mass media in a democracy. Questions related to media control, government regulation of media, political economy, journalistic “objectivity”, and the advertising-editorial dichotomy are included. Christian reactions and religious activism related to the media are discussed. Chomsky, Herman, McChesney, Postman and other critical theorists are studied. Semester course, three hours.