SOC 3050 MASS MEDIA AND SOCIETY
An examination of the social, political, and economic contexts in which American mass media have developed and operate today. Topics include: concentration of media ownership and control; the effects of political economy, ideology, and organizational structure on news management; the media's role in movements for social change in the U.S. and Third World; personal and political con-sequences of media practice; alternatives to the current structure of the media.
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