[512] MTSU Minor Provides Students World Views Through Media

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

MTSU MINOR PROVIDES STUDENTS WORLD VIEWS THROUGH MEDIA
New International Media Studies Track and Classes Topic on “MTSU on the Record”

(MURFREESBORO) – A new international media studies minor, which will go into effect in the fall 2010 semester at MTSU, will be the subject of “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, June 20, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Dr. Richard Pace, professor of anthropology, will explain the requirements for the new minor, which include courses in anthropology, electronic media communication, sociology, and other disciplines. The new minor is designed to offer students a broad understanding of how views are produced by and disseminated in widely varied and dispersed populations around the globe.
To listen to last week’s program on Stockton Helffrich, television’s first censor, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/news/podcast/podcast2010.shtml and click on “June 13, 2010.” For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.


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