COM 3410 - Critical Theories and Popular Culture

Credits: 4
This course examines the relationship between pop culture texts, the media used to propagate them and the dominant culture in which both exist. Using critical theoretical tools, students examine media content and pop culture formations. Topics include an historical overview of critical social theory, and the ways identities are formed in and in reaction to popular music, film, and television.
Prerequisites 64 completed credits or permission of instructor
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.