Brown, Vargas, Walden. JOMC 141 Professional Problems and Ethics 3 credits. Intensive study of professional and ethical issues and problems facing the mass media and their employees in relation to modern society. The Mass Media and U.S. History 3 credits. An examination of the development of the mass media in the context of U.S. history.
Emphasis is on major developments and trends within a chronological framework.
JOMC 144 Censorship 3 credits. Its history, conflicting philosophies and practice through politics, government, ethnicity, religion, pressure groups, the media, and the law with emphasis on events and personalities. JOMC 145 Process and Effects of Mass Communication 3 credits. Mass communication as a social process, incorporating literature from journalism, social psychology, philosophy, political science, and history. To acquaint students with factors in message construction, dissemination, and reception by audiences.