Dec 13, 2025  
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MASS 012: Media Literacy: Criticism and Analysis

Semester Hours: 3
Media literacy is designed to help students develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media–as information sources, as entertainment, and as an industry–as well as to examine, interpret, and evaluate the messages conveyed therein, and their social, cultural and political implications. This course prepares the student to develop the critical thinking skills, the methods of analysis necessary to interpret media content, and methods of critical writing appropriate to media analysis.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
MASS 1. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D Fail basis.

Summer Session II Offering(s):
70390: June 27-August 1; Distance Learning 


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