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FILM 236 Media and Cultural Studies Units: 3.00
Introduction to cultural and social theory of film and other media as it relates to the tension between citizenship and consumerism. Examines roles, functions, and impact of mass media technologies, institutions, and practices in both scholarly and practical forms.
NOTE Also offered online, consult Arts and Science Online (Learning Hours may vary).
NOTE Also offered online, consult Arts and Science Online (Learning Hours may vary).
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 24 Online Activity, 36 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop knowledge of key developments of cultural technologies and their political, social and economic contexts of emergence, particularly as relates to issues of race, class, Indigeneity and gender.
- Develop online and library research in scholarly publications, databases, archives.
- Employ media theories and models of historical analysis from a cultural studies perspective (i.e. decoding advertising, performing ideology critique, producing feminist analysis, etc.).
- Increase fluency in theoretical foundations of media studies and cultural studies.
- Practice interpretation of media and cultural texts (advertising, television genres, cultural spectacle, etc.) in relation to social power and identity.
- Understand the national and global circuits of production, distribution and consumption of media texts.