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JRN 401
History of Journalism
This course studies the evolution of journalism from 1600 to the present. It examines the various forms that news took at different periods and in different places; how news influenced culture and was influenced by it, as well as by changing technology, business organization, and markets; how different audiences used and responded to news; and how the producers of news understood their work in relation to their society, their audiences, their employers and their peers.
Weekly Contact: Lab: 1 hr. Lecture: 2 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages
*List may not include courses that are on a common table shared between programs.
- Creative Industries Professional Table II
- Graphic Communications Professionally-Related Table I - Former Curriculum
- Journalism Professional Table II
- Media Production Professional and Professionally-Related Table I - Former Curriculum
- NNS 401 - History of Journalism
- News Studies Minor
- Open Elective Table
- Public Relations Minor
- Retail Management Professionally-Related Table II
- Undeclared Arts Professionally-Related Table II
