COMM 350 - Media Criticism

Inquiry into how media messages (broadcasts, cinema, magazines, advertising, or news programs) shape cultural practices and legacies. Focus is on critiquing media messages in ways that reveal the distinctions between mediated and non-mediated messages. Various critical frameworks (e.g., semiotic, feminist, Marxist) will be examined and applied to media messages.

Prerequisites: COMM 240, COMM 250, and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.