COMM 326 - Race,Gender,and Ethnicity in the Media

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Western New England University

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Prerequisite: COMM 100 and COMM 205, two courses in English writing with grades of "C"or better. The purpose of this course is to examine the media as cultural artifacts that provide the images and representations that help shape our identities, beliefs, and values. Special attention is paid to questions of race, gender, and ethnicity. Students study and apply the theory of oppression and liberation developed by Paulo Freire and the key concepts of the cultural studies approach to the analysis of mass media. These concepts include ideology, power, identity, semiology, discourse, and narrative. Students investigate such forms of communication as advertising, popular music, popular fiction, television, film, and pornography. This course satisfies the Behavioral/Social Science requirement of the School of Arts and Sciences. 3 cr.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.wne.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 782-3111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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