An historical and critical analysis of the modes of persuasion. The contributions of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Augustine, as well as selected medieval, renaissance, neoclassical, and modern theorists will be considered. Writing for newspapers, religious, and secular magazines. Writing for Media. Students learn the craft of writing promotion and programming for radio, television, feature film and multimedia.
Students learn intermediate radio production along with digital multi-channel recording technology.
Students learn intermediate production and create original programming using multi-camera video techniques. See Art 333. 351x. Language and Thought. Integrating research in philosophy, cognitive psychology, anthropology, linguistics and communications. Language serves a mediating role between one's cognitive world and the external world.