COMN 456 - Mass Media and the Mind

2022-2023 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
In this course, processing and effects of media content are explored from a cognitive perspective. Important concepts such as perception of, attention to, and comprehension of media stimuli are explicated and applied to understand advertising, news, and politics, and other major media types. Students should end the course with a greater understanding of the psychological processes that occur during media use, as well as increased knowledge of the effects these processes might have on media consumers.

Prerequisite(s): COMN 100, COMN 260
Offered: Not on a Regular Basis