Media And Culture

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This course surveys film, music, art, popular magazines, television, and other media in terms of their symbolic relationship to diverse cultural practices including among others, religion, romance, dance, sport, recreation, hobbies, and cuisine, 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, narrowcast cable television, websites, and other mass media genre. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. General Education: Social Sciences View Class Schedule