COMM 7800 - Seminar in Sociology of Communication

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Offered alternate years. Enrollment limited to: graduate standing.

L. Humphreys.

This seminar explores core theoretical and conceptual approaches within the sociology of communication. It breaks the field into 5 Schools of Thought: Chicago, Columbia, Frankfurt, Birmingham, and Toronto. Graduate students will read key historical works from each school, critiques of them, as well as recent scholarship in these areas.