COMM290
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The descriptions and topics of this course change from semester-to-semester, as well as from instructor-to-instructor. Prerequisite: varies with the topic offered.
COMM 290: WRITING AND NEW MEDIA FOR PROFESSIONALS -- This course will focus upon professional writing and the influence of new media. Students will gain exposure to examples of new media writing, including blogs, social media and other online platforms.
COMM 290: MEDIA CULTURE S. KOREA: Korean popular culture is one of the major hubs in the circuits of global media, and this class takes an interpretive and critical approach to the production, distribution, and reception of Korean popular culture as a locally important and increasingly globally significant site of media production. This includes K-pop, cinema, television, webtoons, and video games as sites of meaning. As a critically centered class, we will examine issues of power in the production and reception of media, including Korea’s relationship to the US as a neocolonial power, the legacy of authoritarianism in the postwar decades, Korea as a regional power in Asia, and othering, sexism, and heteronormativity. The goal is for students to build a broad understanding of Korean popular culture in its local and its multiply received transnational contexts.
COMM 290: WRITING AND NEW MEDIA FOR PROFESSIONALS -- This course will focus upon professional writing and the influence of new media. Students will gain exposure to examples of new media writing, including blogs, social media and other online platforms.
COMM 290: MEDIA CULTURE S. KOREA: Korean popular culture is one of the major hubs in the circuits of global media, and this class takes an interpretive and critical approach to the production, distribution, and reception of Korean popular culture as a locally important and increasingly globally significant site of media production. This includes K-pop, cinema, television, webtoons, and video games as sites of meaning. As a critically centered class, we will examine issues of power in the production and reception of media, including Korea’s relationship to the US as a neocolonial power, the legacy of authoritarianism in the postwar decades, Korea as a regional power in Asia, and othering, sexism, and heteronormativity. The goal is for students to build a broad understanding of Korean popular culture in its local and its multiply received transnational contexts.