COMM 2400Intro to Rhet and Pop Culture

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Prerequisite(s): None General Studies: Arts and Humanities This course introduces students to the rhetorical and critical study of popular culture. Classical and contemporary approaches to examining discourse, persuasion, and cultures are discussed. Students develop analytical tools to identify and explain connections between popular culture and power, identity, diversity, and more. Students also reflect on how they consume and produce popular culture, and how that shapes their sense of self and connections to others.