JOUR J6030x. Social Impact of Media. 3 pts. Seminar surveying the history and the social, political, and economic impact of media from the birth of the newspaper forward.

JOUR J8040y. Proseminar In Communications: Contemporary Issues In Theory and Research. 3 pts. A synoptic overview of theory and research.

POLS G8247y. Mass-Mediated American and Global Politics. 3 pts. The most important aspects of the mass media's role in the political process.

JOUR J6036y. History of American Journalism. 3 pts. The cultural and social history of journalism in America. Using a variety of readings and viewings from Tom Paine to Tom Wolfe, (from the war correspondent to the Sabbath gasbag, from the tabloid to the documentary) explores the development of the values, practices, and social roles that cluster around the institution of journalism.

JOUR J8030x. Media and Contemporary Society. 3 pts. The place of media in America, in people's lives, forms of thought, feeling, habits, practices, and styles. The approach is conceptual and historical. A range of arguments about the nature of modern society and the experience of media on everyday life and politics. Focus on the workings of network television entertainment, advertising, and news.

JOUR J8035y. Media Industries. 3 pts. Surveys, cross-national, historical, and sociological, of the workings of cultural industries: broadcasting, newspapers, film. Studies of entertainment and news; inquiries into the factors that shape popular culture.

JOUR J8045x. History of the Literature of Communications Research. 3 pts.