JOURN 150 - Introduction to Broadcasting & Digital Media

Credits: 5
Offers the student an overview of the broadcast and digital media industry from the origin of radio to the domination of television. Continues with the growth of cable TV, satellite radio & TV, as well as digital media and social platforms.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the basic technical aspects of broadcasting, cable, satellite and digital media.
Demonstrate an understanding of the history of broadcasting, from the early inventors to the latest developments in the digital media industry.
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental branches of the electronic media business: Management, Programming, Sales, and Technical.
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the basic radio formats, as well as local, network, cable television and digital media programming.
Demonstrate an understanding of the role the FCC and U.S. Government play in regulating the broadcast, cable, satellite and digital media industries.

Program Outcomes
Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.