SOCI 595 - Media,Culture,and Society

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Staff. This course will begin by surveying approaches to culture that are characteristic of general theory in sociology. We will then deal in depth with theories of recorded culture that have developed within the sociology of culture and related disciplines, including the role of the media in constructing social reality, the interpretation and reception of texts, recorded culture and the creation of symbolic boundries, the social construction of art, the organization of cultural industries, sacred symbols and political integration, and the relationship between culture and the state.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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