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University Catalog 2021-2022 
    
University Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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COM-3030: Media Literacy in the Information Age

This course offers students the theoretical and analytical tools necessary to approach the notion of mediated information and spectatorships from Gutenberg to Blogging. We will overview the history and zeitgeist auspices of press, radio, TV, the Internet, and the current state of amalgamation, interactivity, agency, globalization and commodification in which media operate. We will use the frameworks provided by the Frankfurt school, McLuhan’s Laws of Media, Semiotics and Baudrillard’s simulacra. Using a range of concrete examples and exercises we will apply these frameworks to discern the social function of media and the dilemmas these currently pose. Students interested in one extra unit are encouraged to apply course content to the creation of a concrete independent media statement of their choice.
Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
Method(s): Classroom
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science



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