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Course Description: Introduction to Media*
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Course Description: Introduction to Media*

Introduction to Media*

54-2900

This Marketing Communication Department core requirement introduces the theory and utilization of media for the dissemination of strategic communication messages. Students examine aspects of the process of buying time and/or space in various media vehicles, including newspapers, consumer and business-to-business publications, radio, television, out-of-home, internet, and newly emerging vehicles. Course also focuses on marketing and media plans, budgeting, defining target audiences, time and creative limitations, and the use of research, such as Arbitron and Nielsen.

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* Prerequisite Required.