COM 257
Media History and Theory
Section: 001

Course Description

Historical development and social implications of telecommunications, print, photography, film, broadcasting, and computer-mediated communication. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the field of communication media: media history; media economics and policy; media effects and power; media as producers of meaning; media audiences; media technologies; and roles of the media in social, cultural, and political change.

Spring 2025

Instructors

Meeting Patterns

Classes Start:
January 6, 2025
Classes End:
April 22, 2025
Location:
00110 Winston Hall
Class Days:
T H
Class Start Time:
8:30am
Class End Time:
9:45am

Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
Prerequisite: COM 230 R: Communication Majors