COM 1000 COMMUNICATIONS IN A GLOBAL AGE

Contemporary media play a vital role in society. Students study the impact of emerging technologies on communications disciplines and explore the power and responsibility of creating messages for informational, persuasive, and entertainment purposes. The course emphasizes the relationship of media and democracy, ethical decision-making, multicultural history, diversity of audiences, and media literacy.

Credits

4 sh

Course Types

American Studies Elective

Offered

• Fall
• Winter
• Spring

Course Outcomes

1. • articulate the importance of truth, accuracy, fairness, and ethical decision-making in the communications process.
2. • describe foundational legal principles in media such as freedom of expression in the United States.
3. • identify significant milestones and individuals in the multicultural history of communications.
4. • examine critically how technologies affect communications disciplines.
5. • describe examples of media content tailored to reach diverse domestic and global audiences.
6. • acquire competence in media literacy and discern between information, misinformation, and disinformation.
7. • write and speak clearly and effectively about communications issues.
8. • develop skills for research and analysis of media messages and processes.