SOC 302 - The Mediated Self

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Antioch University-System Administration

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Description:

This course offers students the theoretical and analytical tools necessary to approach the notion of mediated information and spectatorships from Gutenberg to blogging. Students apply these tools to develop and share practical, conscious filtering strategies that sharpen their media literacy. The course addresses the history of press, radio, TV, the Internet, and the current state of amalgamation, interactivity, agency, globalization and commodification in which media operate. Students learn to use the frameworks provided by the Frankfurt school, McLuhan's Laws of Media, Semiotics and Baudrillard's simulacra to develop their media analyses. Using a range of concrete examples and exercises students apply these frameworks to discern the social function of media and the dilemmas these currently pose. COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAINS

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antioch.edu

Phone Number:

(937) 769-1372

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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