Learning Objectives
· Advanced media literacy: a deep understanding on how to interpret messages from news and entertainment sources, evaluating the validity of their claims, the assumptions that underlie the claims made.
· Identify how the media and social media are constantly involved in a conversation about representations.
· Understand how racism, capitalism, and gender roles intersect in the social construction of stereotypes.
· Think critically about how media shapes our worldviews.
· Explore the major intellectual concerns and political debates that shape sociological approaches to the media.
· Develop a complex way of thinking, writing, and speaking about:
a. the role of media in society
b. how race and racism in the media intersect with other systems of oppression (misogyny, sexism, islamophobia, classism, etc.)
c. how representations are influenced by processes of media production and consumption