| source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (X) |
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department Media Studies (X) |
The goal of this course is for students to begin to develop a critical understanding of the role of popular movies and television in their own lives and in U.S. culture. The course looks at issues of the relationship of media to social violence, gender identities, sexual identities, adolescents, minority cultures, and the role of the U.S. media globally. It also considers some of the major media genres that characterize U.S. popular television and movies.
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Introduces students to core issues in communication, ranging from the role of language in human history to political questions posed by electronic and digital technologies. Exploring key contemporary problems through timely readings, students learn and write about how the media affect everyday life. Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing.
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Develops students' ability and skills to analyze, assess, and critically evaluate media images, words, sounds, and representations that comprise mass culture, and to understand the media's roles in the contemporary world. As part of their learning in the course, students prepare their own media, use logs and evaluate their exposure to media and advertising. Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing.
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May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours in separate semesters, if topics vary.
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An introduction to the political economy of the media in the U.S. The purpose of the class is to acquaint students with a core understanding of how the media system operates, and with what effects, in a capitalist society. The course examines the role of advertising, public relations, corporate concentration, and government regulation upon journalism, entertainment, culture, and participatory democracy. The class also examines issues such as the Internet, globalization, and public broadcasting.
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Presents the nature and development of communication systems; history of communication media; history of journalism, advertising, and broadcasting; and communications in the modern world.
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Examines the critical literature on mass media entertainment; reviews significant contemporary issues and develops perspectives for understanding popular culture.
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Introduces students to key issues of, major theoretical approaches to, and current debates about the cultural function of films. Course addresses theories of spectatorship, the politics of pleasure, the culture of entertainment, and the cinematic construction of race, class, and gender.
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Digital media is an immensely pervasive and powerful form of communication, one that despite its quick rise has yet to reach most of the world's population. This large lecture-based survey course for undergraduates will trace the history and formation of personal computing and the Internet, the development of virtual communities and virtual worlds, evolving forms of digital representation and communication, digital visual cultures, features of new media industries, and the rise of participatory media. Evaluation and assessment based on written exams, quizzes, class discussion in section, and practice-based assignments using new media technologies such as wikis, blogs, games, and digital video. Lectures will be held in an ITS classroom, and course material will be supported by small ITS-supported discussion sections. Emphasis on mastering key concepts of digital media theory and history, and critical discussion of distinctive features of digital media objects.
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Studies the philosophical bases of the functions and the responsibilities of mass communications.
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Explores media structures in relation to cultural content and social functions; examines problems of life and society as treated in mass-produced communications. Same as
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Examines the notion that the mass media influence our development as gendered individuals, looking at those who argue for and against this notion. Considers different forms of feminist theory applied to the study of mass media, the history and scholarly criticisms of the media and their portrayal of women, and feminist attempts to create alternatives to mainstream media images. Throughout the course, considers representation of minorities in the dominant media and examines newly created alternative representations. Same as
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Examines the history and principal issues of American broadcasting and the electronic media; the context of prior forms of mass communication and ideas about purposes and terms of control; the important social, economic, political, and cultural questions bearing on AM and FM radio, commercial television, public broadcasting, cable and new forms of electronic communication; issues in programming and service content; and basic legal and regulatory matters.
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Examines the portrayal and participation of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. media using a variety of interdisciplinary approaches. Addresses historical and political movements that have been critical to Latina/Latino print, broadcast, and electronic communication within the broader context of cultural diversity. Same as
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Introduces students to the multiple dimensions of cross-national and comparative communications. Specific topics will vary according to instructor's focus, but may include human dimensions of global communication, intercultural communication, media impact, structure and processes of institutional communication (i.e. propaganda, diplomacy).
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Provides an interdisciplinary approach to international communications; its structure and content; the role of international communications in conflict and conflict resolution; the semantics of international communication; the technical and economic aspects of international mass communications; and government-industry relations in communications. Same as
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Presents special projects, research, and independent reading in communications for students capable of individual work under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated in the same or in multiple semesters, if topics vary. Prerequisite: Major in the College of Communications or consent of College.
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An honors research seminar open to qualified Media Studies' majors, and to other advanced students in the College of Communications. The seminar has two primary goals: (a) to introduce students to alternative research approaches used in the scholarly study of mass communication; and (b) to enable students to employ one or more of these methodological approaches in producing an independent research project on a topic of their own choosing. The seminar meets as a group only for the first several weeks of the term, to discuss different research methodologies used in mass communication research and to present topics to the class; and for the last two weeks of the term, to present completed projects to the larger group. Otherwise students meet regularly with instructor (and any other advisors they may have chosen from among the media studies faculty) to discuss and provide evidence of progress of their independent research papers. Prerequisite: At least two courses in Media Studies.
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Study of theories and methods for analyzing the cultural significance and influence of the content of film and television media; detailed application to one or two particular dimensions of the relationship of screen media to culture (applications vary from term to term and are chosen to highlight current issues in cultural analysis of media). Students are required to view a limited number of films and television programs outside of class. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.
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