COM 34900 - Media And Culture

This course surveys film, music, art, popular magazines, television, and other media in terms of their symbolic relationship to diverse and cultural practices including among others, religion, romance, dance, sport, recreation, hobbies, and cusine, and their connection to broader ethic, gender, and class cultural expressions. To understand how media represent, express, and contribute to contemporary culture practices, students will consider mass market novels, professional sports, museums, music videos, talk radio, Hollywood and independent film, narrow cast cable television, websites, and other mass media genre.

Preparation for Course
P: COM 22800 Or COM 25000

Cr. 3.