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SCOM 347. Communication, Diversity and Popular Culture


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 001502 Grading Basis GRD

This course explores the representational, institutional and communication practices that contribute to the construction of identities and diversity in popular culture. Students will explore how ideologies are reproduced and how understandings of race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, ability and a range of other intersecting axes of identity are shaped within popular culture artifacts. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of current popular culture texts. Prerequisite(s): SCOM 121 , SCOM 122  or SCOM 123 .