Section Information

Days, Times, and Locations

Tuesday
6:00 pm - 9:50 pm
Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library - Rm. 1173 - map

Arranged Time

Class Number (Formerly CRN)

40488

Instructor(s)

Debra Busman

Enrollment

University Learning Requirements

Culture and Equity

Faculty Information

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Department Information

Name: Humanities and Communication ~ Division of

Email: humanities_communication@csumb.edu

Phone: 582-3889

Fax: 582- 3780

Building: Humanities & Communication

Website: http://hcom.csumb.edu

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Course Description:

Explores the relationship between the mass media and contemporary social problems. Issues such as media violence will be explored from the consumer's perspective. Outcomes include raising awareness of the impact of media messages, developing effective media literacy tools, and critically analyzing the cultural products we consume. Involves students in media literacy programs in local schools and community organizations. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 2 or the concentrations in Practical and Professional Ethics or Journalism and Media Studies. Requires successful completion of the ENGCOM ULR. (Offered every other year.)

Corequisites, Prerequisites & Restrictions:

Footnotes:

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Start & End Dates:

Start: August 24, 2009
End: December 20, 2009

Consent Requirements:

Catalog History

Course Materials

Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, editors, Gender, race, and class in media : a text-reader (Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2003)
ISBN: 076192261X
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Required Reading

David Croteau, William Hoynes, Media/society (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge, 2002)
ISBN: 0761987738
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Required Reading

Elana Yonah Rosen, Arli Paulin Quesada, Sue Lockwood Summers, Changing the world through media education (Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Resources, 1998)
ISBN: 1555919715
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Required Reading