COMM 395 - Race, Ethnicity and Media
Prerequisites: COMM 250 and junior standing or consent of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
Delivery: Lecture
The broad purpose of this course is to better understand how racial discourses have been defined and shaped in and through mass media. While biological notions of race have lost their scientific validity, racial ideologies remain salient in U.S. society, and are sustained through a wide variety of media forms. Using critical race theory, specific attention is given to the ways in which contemporary mediated representations articulate, underpin, or subvert racism, and contribute to or challenge social, cultural, economic and political racial inequalities. Students explore the subtle and explicit messages sent about racial groups by the popular media, and analyze how media continue to shape and influence perceptions of racial difference.
3 credits
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