COMS 643. Cultural Studies of News.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines how cultural studies scholars approach news, including news as a popular textual system, news as the ritual construction of national identity and its role in nation-building projects, the urban circulation of news, journalism as an interpretive culture, alternative press cultures, and the commoditization of news spectacles.