Units: 3Examines how media production participants develop products that fit common formats (e.g., sitcoms, soaps, heavy metal, rap, action films, comedies); how production participants and audiences develop recognition and understandings of genres and their conventions; and how production processes differ for various formats. Students consider the persistence and change of common cultural forms. Students have the opportunity to create media projects applying course concepts. May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for VPA 380-19 and MASS 424.
