COMM 3300 - Media and Human Development

(SBA)

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: COMM 2200.

S. Byrne.

Provides a developmental perspective on how children and adolescents interact with, interpret, and respond to media content. Major areas of consideration include the effects of media violence, health and prosocial messages, educational programming, advertising, video games, sexual media, and content children find frightening. Students evaluate the strategies that have been proposed to mitigate negative effects of the media on children.