COMSTU250 Analyzing Media
Course Description
Participants intensively examine mass media products, including print media, radio, television, and the visual and musical arts. They develop skills in deconstructing media products and evaluating them to arrive at a sophisticated understanding of how the various mass media are produced and how they interact with society and culture. The course makes use of both theoretical texts and the media products themselves.

Prerequisite: ENGL 102.
Academic Information
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Schedule & Fee
Dates: Jun 1 - Aug 26
Class #: 1688
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total Course Fee: $960
Instructor
Kenneth Lachlan
Lachlan@bc.edu
Book Information
  1. Rodman, George. Mass Media in a Changing World: History, Industry, Controversy. 2d Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
Wimba Requirement
UMB online courses use Wimba classroom (a live discussion tool) at least twice during the semester. Information about Horizon Wimba can be found at www.dlvpc.umb.edu/wimbasupport.htm. Your course instructor will inform you about dates and times of course meetings in Wimba Classroom.