MASS 322 - Media Power

Units: 3

Illustrates how media power operates in culture through discourse in local and global contexts.  Students examine the power dynamics among producers, subjects and audiences in and around mass media: who makes what for whom and how. Readings and discussions will explore power-inflected relations in mass media, along with discovering possibilities in how to reclaim media power. What happens when historical others make work about themselves, their cultures and communities? 