2023 Fall MEDIAST 104B 001 LEC 001

2023 Fall

MEDIAST 104B 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Journalism 141

The History of Journalism

Ian Kivelin Davis

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023
Tu, Th
01:00 pm - 02:59 pm
Class #:32396
Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0
Enrolled: 48
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 48
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
5 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission

Hours & Workload

6 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Final Exam

FRI, DECEMBER 15TH
08:00 am - 11:00 am
Hearst Mining 310

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Course Catalog Description

The history of journalism is a broad subject--far broader than can comprehensively be covered in a single course. So necessarily, this course takes an idiosyncratic approach. This course examines how news has been defined, discovered, and communicated from its early modern origins to the present. It will also focus on particular areas of journalism. The class will take a critical look at how wars get reported on, including the current war in Iraq. The class will examine the role of journalists in the rise of the Cold War more than half a century ago. It will also examine the importance of media barons, by studying two highly readable biographies, one of William Randolph Hearst, the other of Katherine Graham. And finally, the class will look at the role journalists played in unseating President Nixon.

Class Notes

Reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment. For more information on the enrollment process for this course, please visit https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/course-enrollment-information/#

Freshmen are not permitted to enroll in this course.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
5 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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