Mass Media and Popular Culture

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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">The impact of popular culture is analyzed in this course by exploring important aspects of pop culture in mass media and social media, including television, film, advertising, music, print, radio, pop language, and global culture. Students will identify what pop culture is, examine the historical origins of pop culture, and gain critical insight into the impact of assumptions, questions of power, and ideology that reflect mass media in a global society.</p><br><br>(Prerequisite ENC 0025 or Prerequisite ENC 0056) or Prerequisite EAP 1695 or Prerequisite appropriate score on the college placement test