This course includes the most current legal developments affecting the daily work of writers, broadcasters, advertisers, cable operators, Internet service providers, public relations practitioners, photographers, and other public communicators. Course ensures that you will acquire a firm grasp of the legal issues affecting the media.

This course offers you a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to field of research methods. Emphasizing the importance of the research process, the course highlights how social scientists design research studies, introduce the variety of observation modes used by sociologists, and covers the "how-to's" and "whys" of social research.

This course gives you a close look at the burgeoning, influential, and exciting media and entertainment industries. Offering extensive analyses of the business and economic issues of the mass media, the course demonstrates the dramatic, revolutionary impact these formats, from books to the Internet, have had throughout the world.

This course integrates coverage of essential new technologies, applications, and impact on managerial decisions. You will be introduced to industry-standard tools, skills, and materials that they can manipulate as primary means of creative expression. You will explore basic applications of various multimedia tools to create visual, aural, and written projects.

The course offers you considering careers in television, radio, or the Web a firm grounding in the field. You will gain a basic understanding of the history and technical foundations of electronic media as well as the daily business realities and likely future challenges facing today's media professionals.