Read about media here . Media mediate . The alphabets we use, the gestures we make, the colors we choose, the languages in which we speak. There is always something between us. They establish communities, enable political discourse, facilitate economies.
Media become tools of both oppression and resistance, of both entertainment and enlightenment.
In introductory courses, the Program emphasizes the value of critical distance. Critical distance affords the writer a glimpse of the hidden machinations of political and commercial rhetoric. It provides students with a broad framework within which they can develop their abilities as independent readers, writers, and critics. The model suggests that there are three major categories of criticism. Rhetorical theories of criticism emphasize how a text manipulates the audience.