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Nov 24, 2024
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2019-2020 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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COMRT 376 - Media Consumption
Credits: 4
An examination of the role of media in everyday life, discussing specific practices of media consumption and interrogating how these practices intersect with broader questions of power and identity. Students discuss the relationship between media and consumer culture, audiences’ reactions to and uses of media technologies and content, and subcultures of media fans, while developing their knowledge of methods for investigating media audiences and media consumption. Possible topics include ethnography, interviewing methods, critical reception studies, subcultural studies, media rituals, media and consumer culture, and media and citizenship.
Prerequisite: COMRT 120 or COMRT 145 , or permission of the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.
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