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May 17, 2024
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COMM 380 - Visual Media in a Cultural Context
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101 , and junior standing
Culture mediates visually between individuals and their society. Visual media takes the form of films, paintings, web sites, interactive media, video and advertising. In this course we explore visual media in a cultural context by examining visual cues and patterns and their significance as we try to identify a society’s cultural aesthetic. We look at what is unique to a culture and what is seemingly universal. We try to identify our own cultural filters, and increase our awareness of other filters and their underlying values. We ask, “What is cultural reality?” and examine how cultural collisions act as a catalyst in shaping the self, family, community and the culture at large.
3 credits
Spring
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