By the end of the course students will focus on synthesis, critique and evaluation while applying theoretical and historical analysis to contemporary media analysis. Students will engage in independent and group-based work that will analyze both historical and contemporary uses of visual media as propaganda. Based on library collection and reserve materials, as well as student selection of examples of interest. All assignments will be posted by the instructor to the listserver. Since each assignment linked with the next, all assignments must be completed in order to pass the course.
Attendance is essential owing to class discussion and other interactive components of the course.
Reasonable excuses will be accepted. Technology - Ellul, Marx, McLuhan, Mumford, Postman, and Williams 2. Perceptions of Reality 1. Visual Media in Culture 2. Establishing a frame of reference 1.