COMM 233 - Communication & Social Transformation 3 s.h.

This course will examine the role communication plays in creating, maintaining, and changing social reality. Specific attention will be paid to contemporary social issues, concentrating on the ways in which communication enables the maintenance of injustices and the possibilities for intervention and social justice. This course will further explore how individuals and communities construct meaning in their day-to-day lives, placing these ideas within a larger context of social power with the goal of eliminating oppression, intervening into unjust discourses, and advancing social change. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
Prerequisite(s): 3 s.h. in COMM.