Students will learn the fundamentals of theory reading and evaluation, and will demonstrate their knowledge of these skills through two essay exams, a research paper, and discussion section assignments. Required readings include a course pack and several texts. The Media and the Arts. 103 and upperclass standing. With an emphasis on popular culture and television, this course examines the role of popular arts as a creator of meaning and identity for audiences.
Students learn interpretive, critical methods for looking at mass media products as art forms.
The course investigates a variety of story forms that weave through culture including mystery and melodrama. Politics and the Mass Media. This course examines the way in which mass media influences how we think about and act in the social and political world. Introduction to Radio and Television. This course is designed to introduce students to the terminology, aesthetics and organizational methods of broadcast production and programming.