MASS MEDIA IN MULTICULTURAL AMERICA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate the concept of "race" from "ethnicity" and examine how they have been socially defined in the US context. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Connect the histories of racial and ethnic minorities and majorities to their current representations in various forms of mass media. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize the roles and functions of mass media in multicultural societies. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze the different ways in which mass media create and perpetuate stereotypes of racial and ethnic minorities and majorities, how these images circulate in mass mediated culture, and what impact they may have on individuals and societies. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Investigate mass media to differentiate patterns of representation of people, cultures, and ideas. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race, ethnicity, and media. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate the concept of "race" from "ethnicity" and examine how they have been socially defined in the US context. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Connect the histories of racial and ethnic minorities and majorities to their current representations in various forms of mass media. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize the roles and functions of mass media in multicultural societies. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze the different ways in which mass media create and perpetuate stereotypes of racial and ethnic minorities and majorities, how these images circulate in mass mediated culture, and what impact they may have on individuals and societies. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Investigate mass media to differentiate patterns of representation of people, cultures, and ideas. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race, ethnicity, and media. Audience: Undergraduate