This course is designed to help students integrate what they have learnt to analyse current issues and affairs, in relation to the role media have played in social practices and transformation. It also looks at the impact on society of various means of communication. Social communication includes the cultural, political and sociological aspects of communication. Students will critically analyse various cases and issues in social communication in order to better understand the depth of community organizing and breadth of human rights activism via popular media and community action. Relevant ethical dimension and responsibilities are also considered.