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WN 2011 Communication Studies COMM 371 - Media, Culture, and Society Section 001
Credits:	4
Requirements & Distribution:	ULWR
Consent:	With permission of instructor.
Enforced Prerequisites:	COMM 101 or 102 with a grade of at least C-.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Scannell,Gerald Patrick
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This course explores the historical rise of mass media and the impact on modern society and culture. It considers the dynamic impact of radio and television broadcasting on the rise of urban industrial mass society and popular commercial culture through music, print and electronic advertising, consumerism, and emergence of affluent society. The course also studies modern media institutions, politics, and forms and processes of social change and identity formation, such as class, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexuality.

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