Study of human and technical communication systems in organizations. Emphasis on using communication audits to assess organizational system needs, then designing and implementing systems to meet those needs. Students will study and write televisual criticism which closely analyzes messages as cultural repositories of meaning or which investigates the interaction between television and culture. Emphasis is on the method, stance, and purpose of broadcast critics. Provides instruction about news reporting of public affairs, and covers such areas as crime and police, courts, government, politics, and education.
Students learn the common problems and techniques for covering public affairs agencies.
Survey of various forms of opinion writing. Includes instruction in writing and critiqued written assignments. Instruction in writing feature stories. Students study, write, and critique a number of kinds of stories, including recollections, profiles, issue stories, travel and leisure features, and trend articles. Surveys the development of American journalism from the colonial period to the late-twentieth century.