Liberal Studies 306
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Popular Culture in Mass Media (3 credits)
This course will examine key
issues related to popular culture and its representation in different media. In
an attempt to focus and organize our consideration of this rather nebulous
phenomenon, we will approach the course theme in three ways. First, we will
discuss some narratives about popular culture. Second, we will then study the
role of narrative in popular culture (and its importance in how we make sense of
the world in general). Third, we will explore a couple of the most prevalent
"pop culture" genres such as a gangster film, a mystery novel and others.
