SOCI 820 - Media,Culture and Citizenship

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University of Pennsylvania

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McCarthy. This graduate seminar asks students to engage in the varied literature on citizenship in media and cultural studies. Readings include some foundational texts in political theory as well as works by such scholars as Michael Foucault, Toby Miller, Aiwa Ong, Nikolas Roase, Meghan Morris, Chantel Mouffe, Laurie Ouellette, Micki McGee and Lisa Duggan. Our orientation within this material is evaluative with respect to (at least two) questions: How can we understand media and culture as arenas for the reporduction of forms of civic discourse and paradigms of the citizen/person. How do researchers, critics, activists and engaged intellectuals move from the macrolevel of theory (e.g. "governmentality"), populated by conceptual monoliths (e.g. the institution, the state, the corporation), to the messy and contradictory microworlds of practice and experience in which subjects and citizens make -- and remake -- themselves We will focus on the ways that civic discourse enmesh across a range of sites, including media texts and realms of production, distribution, and reception. Screenings and assignements emphasize methods and practices in applying theories of media citizenship to visual culture, including short exercises in archival research designed to develop skills in working with primary sources.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

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(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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