AS 2652 - Media Studies

Credits: 4

How can we comprehend and critique the media that immerse us? Let’s examine the media in the context of the political and social economies within which they were developed. Drawing on a broad range of cultural theories, this course addresses the functioning of media in a diverse and globalizing environment. A range of media is studied through scholarship and primary texts: art, movies, advertisements, interviews, novels, short stories, and photographs.

Prerequisites
EC I

When Offered:
Occasionally.