COMM 361 Children's Media, Representation, and Culture
This course explores the culture and influence of media industries in the United States through an examination of how issues of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and gender are mediated by, and organize our experience of children’s media, historically and today. Students will examine children’s media productions in radio, podcasts, television, film, gaming, the Internet, and social media and wrestle with the challenges of creating complex portrayals of marginalized groups. Throughout the course, students will engage in discussion of the social, cultural, and political implications of children’s media institutions to examine how these industries create and produce social and cultural identities around race and ethnicity. AIP: REP
Prerequisite
One previous COMM class