Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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MDIA 2160 - History of Broadcast Media
Investigates the history of the U. S. broadcast media from the inception of telegraphy (1844), through transition periods that encompass radiotelegraphy and radio telephony (1906-1920), the beginning of broadcast radio (1922) and the subsequent rise of radio networks (1928-1948); television’s initial development (1928-1939), and the proliferation of broadcast platforms including public broadcasting, cable and satellite transmission (1948-present).
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- 1. Students will gain an overview of U.S. broadcast media’s history.
- 2.Students will gain knowledge of how technology and broadcast regulations have shaped our media systems.
- 3. Students will gain an appreciation of how our social and cultural history has been mediated by the emergence of broadcast networks.
- 4. The acquisition of critical skills in research and writing.
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