SY308 Sociology of Mass Communication
 0.5
This course considers the social organization, social impact and
social meaning of the media of mass communication. Some topics will be: 
models of mass communication; the roles of regulators, communicators and 
gatekeepers in the creation of media content, the nature of media 
content; the question of effects, and the mass audience. (Cross-listed as
CS308)
Prerequisite: One of SY203*, SY280, SY281 (or permission of the Department).