MEDIA, RELIGION & DEMOCRACY (COMM 224)
Term: 2008-2009 Fall Semester
Schedule
Mon-Wed-Fri, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (8/25/2008 - 12/17/2008) Location: MAIN HAL 103
Mon-Wed-Fri, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (8/25/2008 - 9/9/2008) Location: MAIN HAL 105
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.