MDST 3040

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course critically examines how the media construct, reinforce, and maintain perceptions of the world, the development of cultures and concepts of identity. It explores the role of various media, including social media, on the development of a sense of self, including issues related to gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity and ability and disability, and that identity within the broader environments of culture and subcultures. [Offering(s): Also offered through Distance Education.][Restriction(s): Registration in the BMCS program.][Department(s): Media & Communication Studies]