Popular Culture and Society (C)

Catalog description

Human social life is portrayed in and produced through popular culture media such as film, television, books, or video games. The course examines key concepts of the studies of popular culture by examining how culture is portrayed in media and shaped by status categories such as gender, race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality. Students are introduced to content analysis and use it to produce research about contemporary media trends. Note (C) denotes common course. Also offered at NSU and SDSMT.