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Hum/176 Media And American Culture
|[pic] |Course Syllabus |
| |HUM/176 |
| |Media and American Culture |
| |Holly Walter |

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Course Description

The course provides an introduction
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| |Identify issues resulting from dependency on mass media. | |
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|Preparation | | | |
|The Impact of Media Ownership | | | |
|Individual |Resources: Week Two readings and videos |Day 7 |4 |
|Media Convergence Worksheet |Compose answers to fill in the Media Convergence Worksheet. | |

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