Sociology of Media
Sociology · 3 hrs Lecture/Seminar
Offered: Every Second Year
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Declared Majors in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications or the UW/RRC Joint Communications Degree/Diploma may have the requisite waived by obtaining permission of the Sociology Department Chair.
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Description
This course examines the social implications of developments in communications and media technologies. Course material focuses on Canadian mass communications and media in an increasingly globalized context. Topics of study include the construction of social reality through communications and media, theoretical perspectives on production and reception, critical analyses of communication industry policy and ownership, news media and journalism, globalization and mass media culture, media representations of war and conflict, and political activism in new media.
Requisite courses
SOC-1100 or SOC-1101 (Declared Majors in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications or the UW/RRC Joint Communications Degree/Diploma may have the requisite waived by obtaining permission of the Sociology Department Chair.) [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and SOC-3214.
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