Media effects: The relationship of media and society. Functionalism, uses, and gratifications. Long-term effects cultivation. Communication and the political process -- The media of communication. Media bias and sense extension. Regulation and control -- Media as popular art: Cultural products. Advertising, media, and society -- Media, culture, and society: Mass communication as cultural process. Cultural criticism of mass media. Media, gender, and sexual identity. Media and race -- Media and globalization: Perspectives on development. The homogenization of culture