First-Year Courses in Communication Studies This page was created at 6:50 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. Winter Academic Term, 2002 (January 7 - April 26) Open courses in Communication Studies (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for COMM Winter Academic Term '02 Time Schedule for Communication Studies. COMM 101. The Mass Media. Section 001. Instructor(s): Susan J Douglas (sdoug@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is designed to provide an introductory overview of contemporary mass media systems and an examination of the various factors – historical, economic, political, and cultural – that have shaped their development. The course begins with a description of present print and electronic media and examines their evolution. Attention is given throughout to the legal and ethical implications of mass communication systems and to comparisons between American media systems and those elsewhere in the world. Finally, it considers the probable future course of the media and examines possible alternatives. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 1 COMM 102. Media Processes and Effects. Section 001. Instructor(s): Nojin Kwak (kwak@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course introduces students to the contemporary research on mass communication processes and effects. Basic processes involved in the production, dissemination, reception, and impact of media messages are examined. The course investigates a variety of effects on individuals' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, as well as influences on the functioning of larger social systems. It proceeds in general from investigations of individual-level to societal-level impact. Critical reading and evaluation of research on media processes and effects, and of its application to social policy debates, is encouraged and developed. Text: Harris, R.J. (1999). A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication Third Edition. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah: NJ. Available from the Michigan Union Bookstore, Michigan Book and Supply, and Ulrich's Bookstore. Also on reserve on the second floor of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 3 Waitlist Code: 1 COMM 111. Workshop on Managing the Information Environment. Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: (1). (Excl). Credits: (1). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Hands-on workshop intended to develop student mastery of the rapidly developing and expanding electronic information environment. Skills developed include the use of electronic communication systems, database searching, word processing, data management, and various research uses of public computer networks and the information superhighway. The course introduces students to a range of campus computing resources, including local area networks and available software, and remote access to the Internet and the World Wide Web. Problem-solving assignments are designed to teach strategies used in finding information and evaluating its validity and utility. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. COMM 159. First-Year Seminar in Communication Studies. Section 001 – Introduction to Journalistic Performance. Instructor(s): Anthony C Collings (collings@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). May not be included in a concentration plan in Communication Studies. First-year seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This seminar introduces first-year students to the basics of journalistic performance. The seminar will examine how journalists operate and discuss their role in society. Students will review the history and evolution of Western journalistic values, with special focus on the concept of "objectivity." The seminar will examine the application of those values to global news coverage. In conclusion, students will consider ethical issues involving journalists' obligations to their profession and to society. Texts: David T. Z. Mindich, Just the Facts: How Objectivity Came to Define American Journalism, (New York: New York University Press, 1998). Wm. A. Hachten, The World News Prism: Changing Media of International Communication (Ames, Iowa: Iowa State U. Press, fifth edition, 1999, paperback) Everette E. Dennis and John C. Merrill, Media Debates: Issues in Mass Communication (White Plains, N.Y.: Longman Publishers, 1996). James Fallows, Breaking the News (New York: Vintage Books, 1997). Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 2 Waitlist Code: 1 This page was created at 6:50 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | First-Year Handbook | First-Year Information | Parent Handbook | LS&A Bulletin This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.