COM409: Critical Media Studies - Regis University
This course uses various landmark theories and perspectives to analyze popular culture, with a particular focus paid to the importance of communication in the production and consumption of culture. Students will examine various artifacts of popular culture including music, movies, texts, advertisements, clothing, apps, videogames, and other relevant artifacts. In the course of this exploration, we will study the development of culture by applying different critical theories or ‘lenses’ to these artifacts.
Students will experience and analyze various aspects of popular culture including production, consumption, and how these processes work within the context of the contemporary U.S. Students will take a critical perspective in which they will be challenged to examine their own conceptions and consumption of popular culture. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the theories covered in class and in the readings through discussions, papers, and the creation of a class blog called Popular (Re)Presentations. The goal of this course is to combine relevant theories with your own observations and interests in order to develop a careful, critical and constructive analysis of popular culture. The syllabus for this course can be found here.
Students will experience and analyze various aspects of popular culture including production, consumption, and how these processes work within the context of the contemporary U.S. Students will take a critical perspective in which they will be challenged to examine their own conceptions and consumption of popular culture. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the theories covered in class and in the readings through discussions, papers, and the creation of a class blog called Popular (Re)Presentations. The goal of this course is to combine relevant theories with your own observations and interests in order to develop a careful, critical and constructive analysis of popular culture. The syllabus for this course can be found here.