Course Description

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).

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

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