Course Descriptions
Communications
COM 431
Media and Society
3 credits
This course examines the mass media and its influence on society. Students will compare how the press and the television and entertainment industries create images and perceptions for or against established social and political structures at home and overseas. The course will make students conversant with the economic, social, political, and cultural pressures that structure the way the media is produced and provide them with an understanding of the same theories against which it is measured.