Covers issues such as right, wrong, goodness, and evil as well as copyright, confidentiality, privacy, and trial level remedies. Criticism and Communication. Perspectives on Media Writing. An analysis of historical and technological developments in contemporary media writing styles and content and a critical analysis of the cultural content of media writing with regard to serving diverse audiences with targeted messages. Examines the intended and real effects of persuasive forms of writing on intended audiences, including speech writing and writing for print and broadcast.
Students write in a variety of media styles to improve their own media writing skills.
Interpersonal Relations and Communication. Deals with inquiry, conflict management, interpersonal sensitivity, individuality, and conformity. Gender, Culture, and Communication. An examination of how males and females from different cultural, ethnic and national backgrounds, use, and are portrayed by, communication institutions and processes. Covers issues of representation, identity and differences.