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Penn - Prerequisite(s): COMM140 or COMM262 . This course gives students the opportunity to participate in the production of a feature-length fiction film. Student s engage in all aspects of production, including: screenplay writing, production design, cinematography, productio n sound, acting, and directing. The course is intended as a follow-up to COMM 140, Film Forms and Contexts, an d COMM 262, Visual Communication. Students who have not taken either of those courses should consult with th e instructor before enrolling. COMM 241 is followed by COMM 242. Students may enroll in either or both . L/L

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Penn - Messaris. This course gives students the opportunity to participate in the production of a feature-length fiction film. Students engage in all aspects of production, including: screenplay writing, production design, cinematography, production sound, acting, and directing. The course is intended as a follow-up to COMM241, Feature-Length Motion-Picture Production Laboratory I.

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Penn - Messaris . Examination of the structure and effects of visual media (film, television, advertising, and other kinds of pictures) .

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Penn - Cappella/Staff . Theory, research and application in the persuasive effects of communication in social and mass contexts. Primar y focus on the effects of messages on attitudes, opinions, values, and behaviors. Applications include political , commercial, and public service advertising; propaganda; and communication campaigns (e.g. anti-smoking) . SM

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Penn - Staff. Seminar for students concurrently participating in department-approved internships in communication-related organizations. Students will develop independent research agendas to investigate aspects of their internship experience or industry. Building on written field notes, assigned readings, and classroom discussion and evaluation, students will produce final papers using ethnographic methods to describe communications within their site or industry in order to understand and critically examine their hands-on experiences.

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Penn - Marvin/Staff. Public space as a communicative arena. Historical aspects, varieties of public space, public space as a cultural signifier, how public space facilitates or hinders common life, public space as a component of democracy.

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Penn - Linebarger/Jordan. Prerequisite(s): COMM 225 or COMM 340. This course is designed to explore the unique issues that arise for communications researchers who work with children. We begin by considering the role of theory in designing research by providing examples of theoretical paradigms that shape research programs (e.g., developmental theory, critical theory, ecological theory). We next review the major methodological approaches communications researchers in this field use, including lab and field experiments, surveys and interviews, naturalistic and ethnographic research and secondary data analysis. We examine the variety of contexts in which such research is employed (e.g., audience research, market research, and social research) and consider the unique ethical issues and protective mechanisms in place. The course culminates in group-based, supervised research wherein students have an opportunity to design and implement a child-focused study. SM

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Penn - YILMAZ. Immigration has always been a part of European and world history, but the recent 'wave' of immigration since the early 1960s, in both academic and vernacular discourse (including popular culture and the media ), is attributed a particular significance as the greatest transformation of European societies. The recent 'wave' is generally understood in cultural and religious terms, putting in focus the question of cultural and national identity as the main concern. Islam and the Middle East has thus moved into the center of immigration debate, which in turn is at the center of political discourse. The result is the culturalization of the entire political debate. We will first explore how immigration was conceptualized in different historical periods and the relationship between immigration debate and political discourse of particular historical contexts. We will then analyze how the recent wave of immigration is conceptualized and policed. In this context, we will discuss how the conceptualization was related to the transformation of the political system and the emergence of the extreme right in Western Europe. We will take up examples from academic research on immigration and culture, the coverage of immigration in the media, and the way Europeans talk about immigration We will first explore how immigration was conceptualized in different historical periods and the relationship between immigration debate and political discourse of particular historical contexts. We will then analyze how the recent wave of immigration is conceptualized and policed. In this context, we will discuss how the conceptualization was related to the transformation of the political system and the emergence of the extreme right in Western Europe. We will take up examples from academic research on immigration and culture, the coverage of immigration in the media, and the way Europeans talk about immigration in everyday settings. Through this type of analysis, we will explore how immigrants have become a culturalized and religious category rather than a labor/class issue as in the past. We will also relate the immigration debate in Europe to larger debates on the "West-Islam" divide (for example: clash of cultures alliance of civilizations), "the War on Terror," citizenship and democratic participation, gender equality, freedom of speech and other relevant current issues and debates. SM

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Penn - Marvin. Origins, purpose, theory, practice of freedom of expression in the West. Philosophical roots of contemporary debates about expressive limits, especially problems associated with mass communication. Major topics may include but are not limited to sexual expression, violence, hate speech, traitorous and subversive speech, non-verbal expression, artistic expression, privacy. SM

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Penn - Hunt. "Contemporary Politics, Policy and Journalism" is a course on the modern media and its impact on government and politics. It primarily covers the post-Watergate/post-Vietnam era of journalism, the past quarter century. We will focus each week on specific topics and areas of post-Watergate journalism as enumerated below. In weeks we do not have guest lecturers, the first half of class will concern the assigned readings and the second half of class will talk about current press coverage of national events over the prior week. In addition to assigned readings, students are required to stay informed about major national news stories and to follow coverage of them in the national media outlets. An important objective of this course is to afford students the opportunity to interact and discuss the intersection of the press, politics and public policy with some of the leading practitioners in the field, people who work in the "media environment" created by the national press.

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Penn - Turow . This course will explore the historical and contemporary role of the advertising industry in the U.S. media system . Readings will include social histories of advertising, economic examinations of advertising's role in society, and critica l analyses of the ad industry's power over the media . SM

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Penn - Kaniss. This course will examine the nature of local news in the 21st century and the the ways in which local news coverage influences urban policies, the actions of local officials, and the image of the city. The course will begin with an examination of how economic forces influence local news coverage in particular, the importance of political geography. We will look at how suburbanization and the rise of local television newscasts affected metropolitan newspapers in the 20th century, and how the more recent emergence of the Internet now affects what is considered "local news." The class will also consider innovations in local news, including citizen journalism and "hyperlocalism," ," blogs and free dailies targeted to youth. At the same time, the course will examine the changing professional values and "standard operating procedures" of local journalists in the face of new competition. We will also consider how local news is influenced by the media strategies of local public officials, and how these local officials-in particular, big-city mayors-play a role in the local news media's fortunes.

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Penn - Zelizer/Delli Carpini. This course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of journalism. It combines theoretical perspectives on the making of news with primary source material produced by and about journalists. Students will analyze theoretical material on journalism -- about how news is made, shaped, and performed -- alongside articles and broadcasts appearing in the media, interviews with journalists in the trade press, and professional reviews. Topics include models of journalistic practice, journalistic values and norms, gatekeeping and sourcing practices, storytelling formats in news, and ethical problems related to misrepresentation, plagiarism, and celebrity. SM

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Penn - Hennessy. This course is a general overview of the important components of social research. The first third of the semester presents a conceptual basis for assessing research quality based on the four "types of validity." We also cover the standard elements of research design including sampling, measurement, and causal inference. These concepts are then illustrated through reviews of four research areas: surveys and field studies, qualitative/ethnographic studies, content analysis, and policy/evaluation studies. The last third of the semester focuses more on descriptive and inferential statistics, measures of association for categorical and continuous variables, and the language of data analysis. For these classes, we make use of SMALL STATA, a PC program useful for learning statistics. Most modules are illustrated through class exercises based on published articles, this year focusing on the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program. This course fulfills the undergraduate quantitative requirement.

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Penn - Messaris. Prerequisite(s): COMM 262 . Follow-up to Comm 262, Visual Communication. The laboratory provides an opportunity for students to explor e through actual media production many of the conceptual principles and research findings discussed in Comm 262 an d other communication courses. Permission of instructor required for enrollment . SM

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Penn - Felzenberg. This course will examine how Congress goes about the business of translating the public's concerns into legislation and keeps the public informed of its progress. It will examine how the two chambers interact in this process, what role the media plays in shaping Congress's agenda and vice versa, and what impact the advent of 24 hour news, C-SPAN and the internet have had on Congressional deliberations. A historical approach will be taken in considering the evolution of both chambers and the media's coverage of them. Students will examine differences between the House and Senate in both their institutional development and how they go about communicating with each other, the general public, and the other branches and levels of government. SM

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Penn - Eisenhower . This course will examine the vital aspect of communication as a tool of the modern Presidency. Reading and clas s discussions will focus on case studies drawn from modern Presidential administrations (beginning with FDR) tha t demonstrate the elements of successful and unsuccessful Presidential initiatives and the critical factor o f communication, common to both. This course is also an introduction to primary research methods and to the use o f primary research materials in the Presidential Library system. Applications for course available in the Undergraduat e Office. Preference given to ComPS students. Majors only . SM

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Penn - Katz . Live broadcasts of historic events - contests, conquests, and coronations - constitute a new form of ceremonial politic s whereby television joins the establishment and audience to declare a holiday. The course will analyze this genre - it s diffusion, politics, aesthetics, ethnography, and effects . SM

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Penn - Staff. Prerequisite(s): Written proposal signed and approved by faculty supervisor. The independent study offers the self-motivated student an opportunity for a tailored, academically rigorous, semester-long investigation into a topic of the student's choice with faculty supervision. Its structure and purpose is different from the internship experience. Students must also complete and file a designated form, approved and signed by the supervising faculty member and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, which includes a topic proposal. This form must be received in the Undergraduate Office during the Add period of the semester during which the independent study will be conducted. SM

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Penn - Pearl. Is race imaginary? If so, who invented facial distinctions and why can we see them? Do pictures change the way we think? How do artists think about the people they draw and satirize? This course will explore the relationship between caricature and perceptions of racial difference in modern western culture. We will interrogate the role that visual images play in framing our perceptions of groups and their defining characteristics. Broadly historical, this interdisciplinary course will introduce students to scholarship in visual culture, media studies, science studies, and race theory. Students will develop skills in primary source analysis, historical methodology, and visual analysis. Assignments will include a visual analysis, 4 short papers, and a final exam. SM

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Penn - Linebarger. Prerequisite(s): COMM 125 and COMM 225. This seminar is designed to investigate the relationships between children's cognitive development and their use of media (i.e., television, computers, the Internet, video games, electronic toys). We will examine normal patterns of children's thinking and how these patterns are situated in children's lives (e.g., contextual factors that mediate cognitive functioning). Then, students will apply these concepts to understand both the creation of and the effects associated with media. SM

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Penn - Hampton. Prerequisite(s): COMM 125 or COMM

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Penn - Hart. This course endeavors to explore the myriad uses of public opinion in leadership and decision making. In it, we will examine what public opinion research is, how it is conducted, and how it is subsequently utilized in a wide range of contexts, both public and private. We will use numerous actual case studies involving public opinion in political campaigns, constituency organizing, crisis management, and a variety of other contexts to provide an inside view of how opinion research is actually conducted and used. We will consider such questions as: How does an incumbent politician formulate strategy and successfully communicate message in the midst of a dirty politics/decidedly anti-incumbent Senatorial campaign? What would you do if you were Governor and your roads and highways needed improvements, but the public opposed a new gas tax? If you were a CEO of a large company and you had safety concerns about some of your products, how would you balance your corporate image and reputation against the independence from government influence? SM

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