COMS 646. Popular Media.
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COMS 646
Popular Media.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An assessment of popular culture and the research strategies employed; an examination of semiotics, critical theory, literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies. Case studies from several of the following areas will be critiqued: fashion, music, advertising sub-cultural codes and behaviour, soap operas, visual art and cult films.
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