JMP 1450 - Media Literacy

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020

Description: Students review basic Internet standards and refine electronic communication skills, using digital media and current online technologies. This course builds media literacy skills, including visual, information, and news literacies. Students analyze media messages using the frameworks of intent, audience, bias, ownership, human representation, production aesthetic, and historical context. Students examine human representation in the media through the lens of race, gender, physical ability, socio-economic status, and so forth. Media for advocacy and digital storytelling are also introduced to begin media production concepts and skills.