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FILM 341 Media and Communication Units: 3.00
An introduction to key concepts in communication and media studies, with specific historical, contemporary, and/or thematic case studies each year. Topics will range from critical race studies and the media; television and media studies; gaming; the culture industry; mass audiences; digital economies and streaming; to advertising and commodification.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan) or (FILM 236/3.0 or FILM 240/3.0 or FILM 260/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze how political and cultural discourse is mobilized in Media Studies.
- Apply key concepts in the theoretical study of Media.
- Contextualize the role of media across various historical and contemporary forms and genres.
- Describe the theoretical applications of Media Studies.
- Identify re-current trends in Media Studies across different cultural contexts.
- Understand the history of Media Studies in an historical context.