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Fall 2021 | JOUR 3745 Section 001: Mass Media and Popular Culture (19599)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankMurphy Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (98 of 100 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Popular culture is everywhere. Social media, film, music, video games, television, websites, and news bring popular culture into our daily lives. In this class, we will examine popular culture in modern and historical contexts through various mass communication, sociological, and cultural theories. Is popular culture of the people? or dictated by corporate interests? What social and commercial pressures result in stereotypes, misrepresentation and exclusion in popular culture? Does popular culture mirror or shape social reality? This course will provide you with the tools to become active and thoughtful consumers of media and popular culture.
- Class Notes:
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C3rSq3uxtSDfMz2HbVgUkkBCCWUJdXi13AKZ4DW0u1o/edit
- Class Description:
- Mass Media and Popular Culture have come to play a signifigant role in defining the ways in which we make sense of various issues- from the mundane to the serious-and the world around us. Through particular representations of 'reality' media designate certain norms and values over others. This course will provide a historical overview of mass media and popular culture and focuses on the theoretical debates surrounding them. However, in contemporary world these debates have been complicated by the expanding range of popular culture which circulates across the nations. The course will mainly focus on American media (television, films, advertisements, etc.), but will also take a look at European, Latin American, African and Asian contexts. Some of the thematics the course would cover includes issues of media production and consumption, globalization, cultural imperialism, race, class, gender in media and popular culture.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects - Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
15-18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19599/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2016
Fall 2021 | JOUR 3745 Section 002: Mass Media and Popular Culture (22431)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (247 of 250 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Popular culture is everywhere. Social media, film, music, video games, television, websites, and news bring popular culture into our daily lives. In this class, we will examine popular culture in modern and historical contexts through various mass communication, sociological, and cultural theories. Is popular culture of the people? or dictated by corporate interests? What social and commercial pressures result in stereotypes, misrepresentation and exclusion in popular culture? Does popular culture mirror or shape social reality? This course will provide you with the tools to become active and thoughtful consumers of media and popular culture.
- Class Description:
- Mass Media and Popular Culture have come to play a signifigant role in defining the ways in which we make sense of various issues- from the mundane to the serious-and the world around us. Through particular representations of 'reality' media designate certain norms and values over others. This course will provide a historical overview of mass media and popular culture and focuses on the theoretical debates surrounding them. However, in contemporary world these debates have been complicated by the expanding range of popular culture which circulates across the nations. The course will mainly focus on American media (television, films, advertisements, etc.), but will also take a look at European, Latin American, African and Asian contexts. Some of the thematics the course would cover includes issues of media production and consumption, globalization, cultural imperialism, race, class, gender in media and popular culture.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects - Exam Format:
- Multiple Choice and Essay
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
15-18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22431/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2016
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