C I 4835 - Media: Image, Influence, and Identity (3)

When Offered: Spring
This media literacy course concentrates on media representations, media audiences, and media effects, including the socio-cultural contexts of consumption and production. Media, ranging from mass media to social media, are studied in terms of their depiction of individuals, institutions, and issues. Key categories of exploration include examining identity and media representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, etc. Case studies may include representations of the family, adolescence, and minorities.