MEDIA & CULTURE (COM108)

Prerequisite: None. (Offered every year in the spring)

This course will introduce students to the complex relationship between media and culture. Multiple media will be covered in detail: the Internet and social networking platforms; video games; music, podcasts, and other sonic media; television and film; and newspapers, magazines, and other print media. Students will also be introduced to key terms and theories from cultural studies, broadly conceived, including identity and intersectionality; power and privilege; globalization; accessibility; and representation and visibility. Areas of assessment will include exams, the development of a media and culture inventory, brief response papers, and regular attendance and engagement. Intercultural Understanding Capability course.