Media Literacy

Catalog description

Media Literacy explores media industries, practices and issues. Regardless of their major or area of study, all college students should understand the grammars and methods that underpin media messages; they should know the identities and motives of those who create media messages and platforms; they should understand the relationship between media and politics, and how media framing subtly shapes political decision-making; they should have a thorough understanding of the personal and public implications social media.