Anthropology 263 - Language and Mass Media

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Bard College

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Description:

Twentieth-century politics and culture were intimately linked to the rapid development of radio, television, and film. These electronic media have creatively engaged with local cultural practices around the world in reshaping the nature of artistic expression, national and racial difference, and political power. This course uses anthropological notions of language to explore radio, video/film, television, the Internet, and mobile phone technologies as forms of social mediation. A particular focus is on how actorcentered performance approaches to language, reference, and authority give insight into the making of contemporary, electronically mediated ways of understanding the world. Among the topics included are radio and state power in Africa, mobile phones and political change in East Asia, South African television and Internet, and mass media and the Rwandan genocide.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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