Media Analysis

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Description
The mass media, more than ever before, plays a vital role in how information is disseminated and how societies are shaped and function. As traditional forms of media and information dissemination change rapidly in an increasingly technological world, it is more important than ever for students to understand the way that media work, as well as learn to evaluate the messages that are sent. All students can benefit from the study of mass communications institutions, functions and techniques. In this media analysis concentration, students will learn to understand the roles that media play, how they are changing and their impact. They will be given the tools they need to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret media messages in order to become wise consumers of media themselves.

Requirements

  • Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
  • All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
  • Students must be at the sophomore level (25 credits) in order to take upper-division courses.

Core 9 Hours Required

MCO 120 Media and Society, SB (3) (Credit is allowed for only JMC 110, MCO 110 or 120)

MCO 240 Media Issues in American Pop Culture (3)

MCO 418 History of Mass Communication, SB, H (3)

Electives 9 Hours Required
Choose elective courses from the following:

MCO 302 Media Research Methods (3)

MCO 425 Digital Media Literacy (3) (Credit for only MCO 425 or MCO 494 (Digital Media Literacy))

MCO 430 International Mass Communication, G (3) 

MCO 435 Social Media (3)

MCO 450 Visual Communication, HU (3)

MCO 455 War and the Mass Media (3)

MCO 456 Political Communication, SB (3)

MCO 460 Race, Gender and Media, C (3) ( Credit for AFR or MCO 460)

MCO 465 Sports and Media (3)

MCO 473 Sex, Love and Romance in the Mass Media, SB (3)

MCO 494 Special Topic courses (3)

YEAR

2015-16

CAMPUS

Online

ADVISING

Interdisciplinary Studies Advising
cisa.asu.edu/advising
All appointments:
480-965-4464

Downtown Phoenix
Arizona Center, Suite 380

Polytechnic
Santa Catalina Hall

Tempe
Urban Systems Engineering

Online
480-965-4464

DARS CODE

CSMCOEMPA

COLLEGE/SCHOOL

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism

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