HIST 389: Topics in US. History.

HIST 389-006: History of Journalism: From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg
(Spring 2016)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Innovation Hall 222

Section Information for Spring 2016

History of Journalism students will explore the history of print news, spanning the myth of Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press to today’s technologically enhanced news gathering and presentation across multiple media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Students contribute to a class blog to save research assignments from the entire semester, thereby creating their own first draft of history (see: http://historyofjournalism.onmason.com/).

Journalism has been called the first rough draft of history. This is a particularly fascinating time to study the origins of printing, the book and newspapers as new technologies move information gathering into a new digital age.

A few questions the class will investigate throughout the semester: When and how did news came to be defined as sensational/bad events as opposed to good, or positive, events? How does that create a negative impression of the media and journalists? Students will do this by studying individual themes in the history and development of journalism.

 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of historical topics or periods of special interest. Notes: Topics announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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