Social Justice and Media.

Catalog description

A. Prerequisites: SJS 101or CRJ 101 or PLS 103or COR 201 or departmental approval. Examines the cultural, economic, and political dynamics of struggles for social justice through a mediated lens. Although the media provides useful information helping us understand conflict within society, it also creates the context that influences audience perceptions of people/ events. This social construction influences how we perceive equality, justice, and fairness.