MLA Proseminar: Media, Culture, and Society

Term
Course Number
MLA 5050 641
Course Code
MLA5050641
Course Key
82498
Day(s)
Monday
Time
5:15pm-8:15pm
Instructor
Primary Program
Course Description
This graduate proseminar relies on a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives to examine a number of emergent issues in the sociology of media and mass culture. Specific course topics include the rise of consumer culture and the branding of public spaces in the urban milieu, and the representation of “reality” in contemporary media and popular culture, especially in the realms of politics and entertainment.