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(both are sociology courses)
389b. Alternative Media: Projects, Platforms and Networks (1)
This course explores films that are beyond the cineplex, radio broadcast by pirates in Yonkers, cell phone video operas, and other forms of communication in our wired and wireless world. The course begins with a brief history of independent media in both the United States and around the globe. Screenings, pod casts, class trips, and Internet exploration weave a broad picture from the many images and sounds that are not mass mediated but created by artists and gamers, collectives and bloggers who are resisting homogenous commercial culture. The course looks at local, national, and global communication policies that either help or hinder independent community expression. Texts include: Halleck, Hand Held Visions: The Impossible Possibilities of Community Media, Rodriguez, Fissures in the Media Scape, Dagron, Making Waves, Lovink, Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture, and Downing, Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements. Ms. Halleck.
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256b. Mass Media and Society (1)
This course explores media as a social force, an institution, and an industry. We examine what it means to be “mediated,” including how media affects our culture, our choices, and our responses to our media filtered lives. We consider the economics of the media industry, media organization and professional socialization, and media’s influence on the political world and the global media industry. Third, we examine how media represent the social world, i.e., the role of ideology, and how meanings are produced, stereotypes maintained, and inequalities preserved. We reflect on the roles, responsibilities, and interpretive potential of artists, media producers, and media consumers. Fourth, we investigate the nature and consequences of media technology. We end the course with a series of panel presentations in which students present their semester projects. Ms. Sulik.
the class times conflict. can't take both. WHAT DO I DO??????
389b. Alternative Media: Projects, Platforms and Networks (1)
This course explores films that are beyond the cineplex, radio broadcast by pirates in Yonkers, cell phone video operas, and other forms of communication in our wired and wireless world. The course begins with a brief history of independent media in both the United States and around the globe. Screenings, pod casts, class trips, and Internet exploration weave a broad picture from the many images and sounds that are not mass mediated but created by artists and gamers, collectives and bloggers who are resisting homogenous commercial culture. The course looks at local, national, and global communication policies that either help or hinder independent community expression. Texts include: Halleck, Hand Held Visions: The Impossible Possibilities of Community Media, Rodriguez, Fissures in the Media Scape, Dagron, Making Waves, Lovink, Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture, and Downing, Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements. Ms. Halleck.
OR
256b. Mass Media and Society (1)
This course explores media as a social force, an institution, and an industry. We examine what it means to be “mediated,” including how media affects our culture, our choices, and our responses to our media filtered lives. We consider the economics of the media industry, media organization and professional socialization, and media’s influence on the political world and the global media industry. Third, we examine how media represent the social world, i.e., the role of ideology, and how meanings are produced, stereotypes maintained, and inequalities preserved. We reflect on the roles, responsibilities, and interpretive potential of artists, media producers, and media consumers. Fourth, we investigate the nature and consequences of media technology. We end the course with a series of panel presentations in which students present their semester projects. Ms. Sulik.
the class times conflict. can't take both. WHAT DO I DO??????