COMD 333 News and Society

The function and nature of news in contemporary society and its role and impact on social and political affairs. The topics that will be covered are: the concept of information and its role in the modern world; news and story-telling, news as genre of writing and discourse; news values; agenda-setting; construction of reality; news and propaganda; journalistic ethics. Credit units: 3 ECTS Credit units: 6.

Autumn Semester (Dav?d Maxwell Barchard)

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