TOP PUBP 4512. A review of the politics and environment of telecommunication policymaking, including the role of communication in society, the impact of government of the evolution of communications technologies, and proposals for reform. Examines mass media influences, activities, characteristics and behavior with respect to the political process and government. Structure of media markets, characteristics of news and advertising, and impacts of changing technologies and political processes. Overview of GIS concepts, methods, and technology, marketing, natural resource management, and public information systems.
Students use case studies to design and implement actual projects.
Introduction to raster-based GIS software, Avenue script language, and map internet server. Applications to marketing, natural resource management, and public information systems. A capstone course usually taken in the student's last term before graduation. The Senior Seminar and Thesis involves writing an original paper entailing policy analysis relevant to a public or nonprofit agency. Introduction to metaphysical and epistemological issues in foundations, methods and implications of computing.