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CMM-384 Analysis of Popular Culture


Prerequisite: CMM-200, or instructor’s permission
Curriculum: Fulfills Communication principles requirement
Description: What’s transparent, but not easy to understand. A discussion of the methodologies used to study popular symbols, rituals, and artifacts in everyday culture, such as those in television, radio, film, print and sport, and the social practices by which such artifacts are produced and consumed. All readings draw on theoretical literature in rhetorical criticism and critical and cultural studies.
Current Text: Studying Culture: A Practical Introduction (Giles and Middleton)

Course ID

Credits

Instructor

Language

Days

Hours

Term

CMM-384-M01

3

Valdivia*

Eng

TR

11:00-12:15

Spring

*Visiting Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign