Contemporary Public Address. I to the present. Course stresses changes in public discourse resulting from the growth of electronic media of communication, increased reliance on ghostwriters, organized dissent, bureaucratization of public information dissemination, other cultural developments. No special background is presumed, but contemporary history is useful. Grade based on papers and exams.
Required readings are speeches drawn from a variety of sources in a course pack.
Introduction to Radio and Television. 103, one institutions course, and upperclass standing. A lecture course considering the history and development of American and British broadcasting, with an emphasis on social, cultural and economic implications plus special consideration of current issues. A term paper is assigned and a midterm and a final exam are given. This course is a prerequisite to Communication 425, which is devoted to radio and television production.