Media and Everyday Life

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Modern media are everywhere; they mediate nearly all aspects of everyday life. Media forms old and new - newspapers, magazines, films, radio, television, pop music, Internet, social media, and mobile phones - are shaping our social and political life, cultivating our cultural imaginations, and articulating our personal experiences and a sense of belonging in a rapidly changing world. This course examines the many roles of the media in the web of modern life.