COM 330L - Communication Ethics

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This course addresses the moral uses of communication. It covers the methods of systematic critical evaluation of communications and different philosophical grounds for evaluating the ethics of communication. The resultant framework of ethical values and methods of evaluation is then applied to cases of communication in the following settings: personal relationships; professional relationships; broadcast and print news; computer-information networks; public-relations programs; political campaigns; and the popular entertainment arts of books, music, films, and television.

Offered When: As and when necessary.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, PHIL 300 or PHIL 200L