Ag Journ, Fam Com 130 or cons inst. 340 Contemporary Communication Technologies and Their Social Effects. Explores the growth of the information industry. Looks at the characteristics and spread of new communication technologies. Evaluates their social, economic and political effects.
Attention is given to rural-urban differences.
350 Visualizing Science and Technology. Introduction to the basic principles in the visual communication of science information. Principles of design, perception, cognition as well as the use of technologies in the representation of science in the mass media will be explored through illustrated lectures and written critique. Ag Journ 111 or Fam Com 130 or cons inst. 360 Information Radio.