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COMM 229 - Media and Cultural Theory

(3 credits)
This course introduces students to the intersections of cultural practices, media texts and the construction of meaning. The course considers questions such as the interrelationships between production and consumption, the notion of what constitutes a “text,” and the ways in which social power shapes how we understand and experience media. Close attention is paid to the relationships between communication, culture, ideology, social order and identity. Offered fall, spring, summer.