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Mass Communication (MCOM)

School of Journalism and Communication
Faculty of Public Affairs

MCOM 2900 [1.0 credit]

Truth and Propaganda

Ancient and modern techniques of persuasion from analytical, ethical and jurisprudential perspectives. Objectivity and bias, advertising and public relations ethics, the viability of democracy in the light of pressures on and within the modern mass media. (Also listed as PHIL 2900.)
Prerequisite: at least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or second-year standing.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

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