May 30, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

BC 471 - Mass Communication and Society [PERS]


Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: Yes Offered Summer: Yes Offered Other: No
4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
General Education: Perspectives on Society (PERS)  
Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Study of the social, legal and economic basis of radio, television, newspapers and film in the United States, with emphasis on the roles played by the media, the government and the public in the process of mass communication.