INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA STUDIES (COM 215)

Term: Fall 2012

Faculty

	David A. BobbittShow MyInfo popup for David A. Bobbitt
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (8/22/2012 - 12/12/2012) Location: MAIN TATE 222

Description

215: Introduction to Media Studies.
Goal: To introduce students to the major theoretical, critical, and methodological approaches to media studies.
Content: Readings, discussion, and analysis of media texts and artifacts. Critical methodologies studied will include semiotics, structuralism and poststructuralism, cultural studies, ideological criticism, Marxist analysis, psychoanalytic criticism, sociological analysis, and feminist criticism.
Taught: Annually.
Credit: 3 hours.