Music, Media, and Culture

Catalog description

Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Communications media major or minor, or popular music studies certificate Restriction: Junior standing Description: Examines the intersections between media technologies, popular music, and culture. May include technology’s constant influence in musical performance, production, and distribution; the music industry’s marketing of popular music; popular music’s relationship to cultural identity (e.g., race, gender, sexuality); and music as a cultural practice.