COM 321 - Media Criticism

Institution:

Furman University

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Description:

Critical methods used to analyze the mass media and popular cultural texts. The theoretical basis of such critical methods as semiotics, psychoanalysis, narrative and ideological theory, and cultural studies, and how to use these methods to analyze media texts such as television shows, movies, and magazine advertisements. May satisfy the pre-fall 2008 general education requirement in upper-level humanities. 4 credits.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.furman.edu

Phone Number:

(864) 294-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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