Public Health and the Media

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the basic components of media in the U.S. and analyze how the media environment may serve as an influence on and determinant of individual and population health. Through lectures, in- class viewings, readings, assignments and lively class discussions, students will be challenged to explore the relevance of the media in their own lives, to connect this awareness to public health, and to consider how the media environment may be shaped to contribute to a society that promotes and enhances the public’s health.