Course Info: HACU-0293
| Course | HACU-0293 Mass Culture Seminar |
| Long Title | Mass Culture Seminar |
| Term | 2019S |
| Note(s) |
Prerequisites Required Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson Hall 103 on W from 9:00-11:50 |
| Faculty | Lise Sanders |
| Capacity | 25 |
| Available | 9 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) | |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Independent Work Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | Prerequisite: At least one previous course in media or cultural studies is strongly recommended. In this course, students can expect to spend 8-10 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time. |
| Description | This course was designed as a seminar in mass culture and media/cultural studies, and was appropriate for advanced Division II and Division III students. Topics included historical efforts to theorize mass culture, the relationship between the mass and the popular, and questions of value, ideology, cultural production, representation, and consumption. Readings were drawn from the work of Adorno and Horkheimer, Benjamin, Kracauer, Macdonald, Althusser, de Certeau, and Hall, as well as recent critical writings in media and cultural studies. The course was structured as a workshop for students to develop and revise portions of Division III projects or independent work to be included in the Division II portfolio, and incorporated peer review sessions and oral presentations. Students were expected to present a critical response paper on one of the assigned articles to post weekly reading reflections and research logs, and to prepare a substantial research project in stages including an outline, annotated bibliography, draft, and final version. |