2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Jan 15, 2025  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COMM 480 - Communication, Technology, and Society


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This reading and discussion course is designed to examine the connections among communication, technological development, and society. Students will explore how persuasive communication has affected our perception and employment of technology in society and how those technologies have, in turn, affected public discourse and interaction. Students will adopt a rhetorical perspective in evaluating and understanding classical primary and secondary readings in technological and scientific discourse.
Prerequisite: COMM 205  and COMM 210