Reading Media Critically | Spring 2022

📜 Course Description

This course addresses how to think and write critically about media and society. Throughout the semester, we will develop a conceptual toolbox that allows us to explore, critique, and speculate on the culture we produce and consume. In addition, we will discuss foundational ideas in critical theory and relate these ideas to current social issues and media productions.

Theory works when it shapes how we talk about the world and enables us to trace potential avenues for changing it. Therefore, throughout the semester, we will build on the theoretical knowledge of the course to think collectively about how media affects the world around us. The assignments for this class will have you grappling with difficult ideas and honing your critical reading and writing skills. The course is writing intensive, which means you will be writing every week. By the end of the course, you should be able to read a theory paper, summarize its main contributions and limitations, and apply the concepts to your analyses of contemporary media.

Instructor: David Rheams

Office hours: By Appointment

Email: [email protected]

Class Website: reading-media-critically.drheams.com

Course Schedule: Link

Credit Hours: 3

<aside> 📆 Given the current situation with Covid, the class is designed to be flexible with each other, the professor, and the schedule.

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🧰 What You'll Get Out of This Class

💡Helpful Writing Tools

These are the writing and organization tools that I will mention during the semester. They all have a free option.