Intro Representation in Media

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This course will examine how socially constructed categories of gender, race, class, disability, sexuality, and ethnicity shape media texts and institutions as well as how media structure our understanding of these concepts through our everyday practices. Students will study and analyze representation within contemporary and historical media. Topics of discussion may include the role of the media outlets in setting societal norms, setting public agenda, and shaping popular perceptions. This course investigates the real and symbolic power of the media in shaping public opinion as expressed in contemporary global society. Students will consider representation and intersectionality of marginalized groups through the lens of critical studies and historical analysis. (CSU)