SOC 3750 - Propaganda, Media and Society (3)

When Offered: Spring, Alternate years
This course will focus on the processes and effects of mass media in the United States from a sociological perspective. It will analyze the effect of the media on human groups and behavior and how media interacts with social organizations such as family, education, and government. The historical development of the media as it relates to socialization patterns and racial and sexual diversity will be explored and the media’s function as a means of propaganda in the U.S. will be analyzed.