SC&I Courses

Information law and regulation; focus on the historical and contemporary legal and regulatory issues stemming from the application of information technology.

Systematic consideration of the theories and strategies of assessment, planning, development and change at the organizational and programmatic level in non-profit-seeking information organizations.

This seminar examines the intellectual foundations for librarianship as a discipline, the development of a broadened understanding of pervasive theories and research issues and the identification and exploration of the research literature in librarianship and pertinent allied fields.

Audience studies investigates the nature of audiences, how audiences emerge, and how audiences can be studied. Theories to be critiqued include weak/strong effects, uses and gratifications, reader response theory, cultural studies.

The course provides an overview of theories, principles, and research that inform the practice of media education worldwide. Theories of media education, various approaches to media pedagogy, and contemporary research problems are addressed.

This course examines the history of print and electronic news media, considering them not as freestanding institutions but as key parts or aspects of wider cultural and political developments, and situating them in their historical context.

Cultural approaches to media studies, with a focus on major theories and critical analysis of media and popular culture. Topics, include: cultural theory; aesthetics and taste; representation and ideology; consumer culture; media, culture and identity; gender, race, class, and sexuality in media; fandom and subcultures.

Theories and research relating old and new media to political decision-making. Topics include public attitudes and opinion, media policy, interest articulation, political culture, ideology, rhetoric and content analysis, framing, agenda-setting.

Surveys and critiques social science research on news and the news media. Examines diverse scholarly perspectives, comparing them with the views of journalists, journalism critics, and the public.

Courses offered have included Mediated Communication Theory, Social Media, Social Networks, Work and Technology, and Children and Media.