COMM 110Media and Democracy
COMM 110 Media and Democracy (3) (GH) (BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. COMM 110 seeks to introduce students to the important role of the mass media in developing conceptions of democracy and democratic participation in contemporary societies. Utilizing current events, popular culture and the students' own relationship to media as the template, this course is designed to stimulate student thinking about the interrelationship between the dynamics of US culture, news, politics, and civil society in order to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of what civic engagement and global awareness can do towards nurturing democracy's principles and practices.
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.
General education
Humanities (GH)
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (8)
- Communication Arts and Mass Media, Minor
- Communication and Social Justice, Minor
- Communications, B.A. (Altoona)
- Communications, B.A. (Capital)
- Communications, B.A. (University College)
- Communications, Minor (Altoona)
- Keystone Certificate for Integrative Humanities, Certificate
- Media Studies, Minor
Courses that list COMM 110 as a prerequisite (8)
- COMM 304 Research Literacy and Media
- COMM 305 Introduction to Critical Studies of Media
- COMM 405 Political Economy of Communications
- COMM 408 Cultural Foundations of Communications
- COMM 410 Global Media, Culture, and Society
- COMM 413W Media, Politics, and Civic Life
- COMM 419 Comparative National Media in a Global Context
- STS 408 Cultural Foundations of Communications