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MMC 5005: Mass Communication History (3) Origin,
development, and potentiality of print and electronic media.
Evolution of standards, policies, methods, controls.
MMC 5015: Electronic Publishing (3) Services and technology of
major forms of electronic publishing and videotex. Nature and
economics of information. Impact of new mass communication
technologies.
MMC 5206: Advanced Law of Mass Communication (3)
Problems of constitutional law, libel, privacy, and governmental
regulation. Not open to students who have taken MMC 4200 or
equivalent.
MMC 5306: International Communication (3) Analysis and
comparison of print and electronic communication systems among
nations and cultures; barriers and stimuli to international
communications; mass media in national development.
MMC 5315: Survey of Foreign Correspondence (3) Nature and
history of foreign correspondence. Impact on nations and
international relations.
MMC 5708: Foundations of Intercultural Communication (3-4;
max: 4) Theory and practice of intercultural communication.
MMC 6202: Legal Problems of Mass Communication (3) Prereq:
MMC 5206 or previous research or equivalent. Constitutional
interpretation, conflicts between media and rights of others,
regulation, the nature of jurisprudence.
MMC 6307: Seminar in International Communication (4; max:
8) Prereq: MMC 5306 or equivalent, and consent of instructor.
Specialized or regional aspects of international communication; indepth
investigation of particular concepts and research literature.
Student research required.
MMC 6400: Mass Communication Theory (3) Structure, content,
process, effects of communication; contributions of other disciplines;
barriers to effective communication; use of research concepts.
MMC 6402: Seminar in Mass Communication Theory (4; max:
16) Prereq: MMC 6400, 6421, or equivalents, statistics, and consent
of instructor. Specialized aspects of mass communication theory; indepth
investigation of particular concepts and research literature.
Student research required.
MMC 6405: Seminar in Mass Communication and Public
Opinion (4) Prereq: MMC 6400, 6421 or equivalents, and consent
of instructor. Conceptualizations of public opinion as a collective
process. The role of mass communication in describing and shaping
perceptions of public opinion. Student research required.
MMC 6409: Science/Health Communication (3) Overview of the
field of mass communication. Nexus of scientists, journalists, public
information officers and audiences. Topics include science literacy,
framing of science, issues, public involvement, and the impact of
science communication on policy.
MMC 6417: Seminar in Mass Media and Health(4) Mass
communication and health communication theories examined as
they related to intended and unintended effects on individual
behavior and on public health policy. Focus on effects other than