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Apr 19, 2024
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COM 148 - Diversity and the Media
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
Communication professionals are often required to cross borders of cultural identity, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. Studying race, ethnic, multicultural groups, issues, and cultures from a mass communication perspective is important because your careers will probably require you to work with, portray, and/or represent people of diverse backgrounds. Radio, television, and film producers and writers, broadcast and print journalists, advertising and public relations specialists, teachers, professors, counselors, and general media consumers will all need to understand, communicate with, and relate to individuals of diverse backgrounds in our changing nation and world. In an effort to prepare students to embark on the journey of understanding and working in a diverse society, this course will investigate underrepresented audiences through reading academic research on the topic of media and diversity, consuming stories produced by underrepresented groups, and experiencing these theories by way of assignments designed for hands-on learning. This course helps students build confidence in their communication skills within diversity, while also enabling them to think critically, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/ face-to-ace
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Understand theories that drive global journalism processes.
- Explore the intersections of events, people, perceptions and technologies that shape the global media industry and public opinion.
- Critically explore the societal impact of mass media uses and consumption throughout the world.
- Understand how differences in cultures affect differences in communication.
- Understand the patterns of worldwide news and information flow.
Course Objectives:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professional and institutions in shaping communications.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of people and cultures and of the significance and impact of mass communication in a global society.
- Understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information.
- Demonstrate and understanding of professional ethical principles and work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity.
- Think critically, creatively and independently write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve.
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