This article contains unit plans for a mass media course for tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. (RC)

Advocates the teaching of media studies within the context of the social studies classroom and presents suggestions for implementing a course which integrates these two areas. (KS)

This guidebook is designed to introduce management training into UNESCO's regional communication programs. The course material is intended for actual or potential managers of broadcasting and communication organizations. It presents relevant concepts, methods, and practices as they exist in business management. The guidebook is addressed to…

A course titled "Interdisciplinary Research in Mass Communication," drawing on law, business, economics, and communication, was offered at Stanford. This syllabus presents the seven topics considered in the course: the citizen's need to know, the new communication media, privacy, media concentration, access, advertising and consumerism,…

This grade 7-8 level course guide covers aspects of media communication such as verbal and nonverbal communication theory, forms of modern media (newspapers, feature films, artistic films, music, advertising, etc.), and practice for the student in the various aspects of communication media. The guide is designed for a one-year course and enhances…

Beginning in fall 1981, a course in communication and information theory was offered at the School of Natural Resources (University of Michigan). Throughout the course, emphasis was placed on comparing communication strategies and effectiveness as well as providing models for interdisciplinary research and data management. Case study materials and…

This teacher guide to senior high school speech programs includes philosophy, objectives, course outlines, numerous sample materials, suggestions for projects and procedures, bibliographies, listings of suggested films, and evaluation materials for courses in (1) basic speech (e.g., voice and diction; action; rhetoric; advertising psychology;…

A suggested curriculum to be used to teach mass communications in Finnish comprehensive schools is described. Instead of concentrating on either an aesthetic or medium-bound (e.g., film education) approach, this curriculum focuses on the mass media as social institutions and on developing in young people a critical, thoughtful approach to mass…

The guide outlines an interdisciplinary seventh grade course on urban studies focusing on the city of Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. By comparing the city of Bethlehem with other urban centers in the nation the student gains an understanding of the following: 1) the development of urban centers; 2) the increasing role played by…