JOUR 320 - Race and Gender in the Media

    Recent Professors
    Cassandra G. Dickman
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of JOUR 320
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4C · IGETC Area 4D · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area D4
    Description
    This multi-media course is an overview of print, broadcast and Internet news, and entertainment media in the U.S. from World War I to the present. Using readings from selected texts, old newsreels, clips from movies, radio and television broadcasts, and Internet selections, as well as period literature, students will analyze and debate the changes in media with particular focus on social class, gender, and ethnicity. Critical thinking will be emphasized in this course.