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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

JOUR 160 - Understanding News Media

(3 units)

Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Develop critical thinking through the examination of news media in the United States including print, television and online news sources, news narratives, journalistic methodologies, ownership patterns, value systems, thought processes, effects and trends.

Not open for credit to students with credit in JOUR 220.