HUM/186
Media Influences on American Culture

Course level: Undergraduate

Christine O.

BSA

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Format
Online
Course length
5 weeks
Cost per credit
$426
Total credits
3 credits
Resource fees
$180
Estimated course cost
$1,458
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The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the United States and around the world.

Required materials

The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.

Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.

Provide Information About Process or Practice

Summarize the roles and responsibilities of social and news media in American society

Interpersonal Communication

Explain the evolution of mass media and the issues related to its development in America

Influencing Skills

Identify the effects of prominent forms of mass media on American culture