CO3064 Communication Ethics in New Media World

Communication ethics challenges us to negotiate the world of competing media and world views. This interdisciplinary course will give an historical overview of relevant theories in the field of communications while addressing current ethical questions in our media-saturated culture. Students will examine a variety of communication events related to emerging media and learn to make and defend choices on ethical grounds. Using principles of Universal Design, material will be learned and practiced through lecture, group discussion, papers, online discussions, and student presentations. Students must have completed three courses at the 2000 level, with grades of C or higher, as prerequisites for this course. One of these prerequisite courses must be either a CO 2000 or HU 2000 level course. Credits: 3

Prereq: EN1021 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00