Mass Media (MM) 1 MM 301 Mass Media & Cinema (3) MASS MEDIA (MM) Investigation into how the cinema portrays the media of radio, television, film and the press. Discussion of various types of film analysis and MM 100 Introduction to Mass Media (3) criticism, including production analysis, sociological, genre, and The subject of this course is mass media. It is designed to acquaint ideological criticism of film form and content. Prerequisites: MM 100 or students with newspapers, magazines, books, radio, recordings, consent. television, films, advertising, public relations, and the interactive media of MM 303 Video Game Storytelling (3) computers and information technology. Prerequisite: None. This course empowers students to learn the professional side of video (General Ed Humanities. Information Literacy and Tech.) games, and understand the central role of storytelling and character MM 128 The Impact of The Walt Disney Company on Society (3) development. In addition to storytelling basics, students are exposed This course will explore the impact that the Walt Disney company has had to the vital history and design elements in the industry. Professionals on society in both the domestic and international cultural spaces. Topics from all sides of the video game industry interact directly with students, explored include the company's influence on society and culture through: providing them with first-hand insights. This course provides a foundation 1) mass media, such as film, television, radio, publishing, literature, for pursuing a career in the video game industry from the producer, online, and gaming; 2) business, such as tourism, merchandising, designer, executive, journalistic, and public relations standpoints. licensing, franchising, marketing, and promotions; 3) innovation, such Prerequisites: None as technology, creative development, engineering, and architecture; 4) MM 308 Intro Film & Video Techniques (3) history, such as historical, gender, race, and colonial representation. Prerequisites: None. MM 311 TV Studio Production (3) Practice of the production roles and technical operations required to work MM 155 Sports and the Media (3) collaboratively in a multi-camera TV studio environment. This course will This course is designed as a foundational course and, as such, examines provide students the opportunity to live-direct and work as part of a TV the interrelationship between the media and sport. Emphasis is placed studio production crew in a variety of roles to produce a series of studio on how media tell the story of sport. Students critically examine how and field productions. Prerequisite: MM202 OR MM222 or consent media shape sports news, images, events, identities, and the cultural values of fans regarding sport. Also, students become acquainted with a MM 312 Cinematography (3) diverse array of media and media industries (i.e., newspapers, magazines, This course focuses on the skills and theory of the camera department books, radio, recordings, television, film, gaming, advertising, public in the modern professional film and video environment. Students learn relations, and digital media) in the context of the sport industry in order how to operate as the cinematographer/director of photography, gaffer, to understand the role these media play in transmitting sport as a cultural 1st and 2nd assistant camera, and grip. Through lecture students learn phenomenon. Prerequisites: None the theory and technique of visual storytelling as well as gain hands-on (General Ed Humanities. Information Literacy and Tech.) practice in the studio. Prerequisite: MM100, MM 199 or consent. MM 199 Professional Media Applications (3) MM 319 Public Relations I (3) This class implements technology processes and the construction of This class surveys and analyzes organizational practices in messages to be used in commercial, social and mobile media while communicating and building relationships with audiences. Prerequisites: creating an understanding of the significance and application of basic MM 100, MM 199, and MM 202 or consent. media terminology. Prerequisite: None. MM 321 Advanced Professional Media Applications (3) MM 202 Professional Media Writing" (3) This course introduces students to a practice-based approach to visual The study and practice of fundamentals of media writing for journalism, communication where fundamental principles of typography, color public relations and advertising. Prerequisites: MM 100 and MM 199 or and design are introduced alongside a variety of projects that expose consent. students to industry-standard applications and software. Prerequisites: MM100 and MM 199 or consent of instructor. MM 222 Screenwriting (3) The focus in this course is to develop knowledge and skills relating to MM 326 Student Media Practicum (1) visualization of cinematic story elements, and writing a narrative film MM 328 The Impact of The Walt Disney Company on Society (3) script. Topics include: formatting, structure, character development, This course will explore the impact that the Walt Disney company has had conflict, dialogue, and other script elements. Prerequisites: MM 100 and on society in both the domestic and international cultural spaces. Topics MM 199 or consent. explored include the company's influence on society and culture through: MM 300 Media Law, Ethics & Diversity (3) 1) mass media, such as film, television, radio, publishing, literature, This course takes an in-depth look at the First Amendment, ethics, and online, and gaming; 2) business, such as tourism, merchandising, diversity from a media practitioner's standpoint. Students will think licensing, franchising, marketing, and promotions; 3) innovation, such critically about the freedoms of speech in the United States, privacy as technology, creative development, engineering, and architecture; 4) in a digital age, and common legal protections in the workplace. The history, such as historical, gender, race, and colonial representation. course will also include an examination of professional ethics in mass Prerequisites: EN101. media and how those may be applied in case studies. Furthermore, MM 350 Film Editing and Theory (3) students will also examine the societal representations of gender, race, This course examines the craft and art of editing in the digital age and disability in media and how those images influence and reinforce and explores film history and theory as related to the editing process. cultural stereotypes. Prerequisites: MM 100 or consent. Students engage in editing assignments to apply continuity and non- linear techniques. Prerequisites: MM100, MM199 or consent 2 Mass Media (MM) MM 351 Data Literacy & Audience Research (3) MM 393 Special Topics/Mass Media (1-3) To make effective strategic decisions, advertising and public relations Special subject courses not covered in the department catalog listing. professionals must be informed of trends and changes related to an May be repeated when topics vary. Prerequisite: MM 100 or consent. organization and its competitive environment. Furthermore, advertising MM 400 Media Literacy (3) and public relations professionals must know how to design and execute This class includes a historical and critical overview of seminal theories research that will inform organizational decision-making and the creative and research in mass communication. Special emphasis will be placed process. Working from the perspective of a brand strategist, students on the relationship between media and society. Prerequisites: MM 100, in this course collect, interpret, evaluate, and report research findings. MM 199, and EN 300 or consent. Students are exposed to both qualitative and quantitative research methods for advertising and public relations program management. MM 401 Media Analysis & Criticism (3) Emphasis is placed on the research process, sampling techniques, data This class includes a discussion of various levels of media analysis collection methods, evaluation of data, and report writing. Prerequisite: and criticism, including production analysis, sociological, feminist MM321 or consent. This class is a corequisite to MM352. and ideological criticism of media form and content. There is also an emphasis on news analysis and television criticism. Prerequisites: MM 352 Advertising and PR Strategies (3) MM 100 or consent. This course focuses on the fundamentals related to the fields of advertising and public relations, and the larger roles that each discipline MM 403 Advanced Professional Media Writing (3) plays in an organization’s overall integrated brand promotion (IBP) This course focuses on writing and information design skills by giving function. Students explore the foundational concepts related to the students the opportunity to practice writing mechanics, story editing, IBP industry’s structure, professional careers in the field of IBP, how interviewing, and design for real-world publications like the Mass Media organizations segment and target potential and current consumers. Alumni Newsletter, the Mass Media Messenger, and the Washburn Students also develop creative messaging for a variety of media Review. Students will also learn how to tailor messages to specific channels, engage in strategic promotional planning, and discover brand audiences and explore the duties of publication editors and managers building through reputation management and crisis communication from an organizational standpoint. Prerequisite: MM202 techniques. Through this course, students emerge with both a broad MM 405 Documentary Filmmaking (3) understanding