INF STD M121

Introduction to Media Literacies

Information Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as Education M121.) Exploration of relationships between media, technology, and popular culture. Students guided to analyze media representations, question process of normalizing dominant ideologies, and create counter-hegemonic media messages. Through application of critical media literacy framework, students expand notions of literacy to be more inclusive of all types of texts; and deepen their abilities to question power of word, image, and sound-bite to represent social and environmental injustice.

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