ENGL 4482 - Popular Culture

Institution:

Macon State College has merged with Middle Georgia State University

Subject:

English

Description:

This course will cover a range of “texts” from American mass culture including popular fiction, advertising, television, popular music, popular magazines, and cyberculture. The course will emphasis methods of analyzing these texts and examine questions they raise about the nature of popular culture in America. The course will explore what these products of mass culture have in common, what distinguishes them from other cultural artifacts (such as those of high culture and folk culture), and the political and social implications of those differences.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Corequisites:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 08/30/2008 

Institution Website:

www.mga.edu

Phone Number:

(478) 471-2700

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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