PPOL 607. Information and Media Literacy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: School of Public Policy (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Examines the development, role and impact of mass media on the policy process, including an exploration of the nature of the role of the media in shaping public opinion, policy agendas, and political debate; the use of information in new communications technology; and the relationship between news media and social media in the digital information age.
- Restriction: Only open to students in the Master of Public Policy; Non-Thesis program.