Course Description
An overview of how people have thought and talked about media production and consumption, through critical and cultural frameworks. Special emphasis is placed on how theory informs and understands media content and creative practices.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
In addition to above, graduate students will develop through the
course of the semester a scholarly paper that engages the course
material in a significant and original way. Specific subject
matter, approach, research scale/scope, and argument are
negotiated with the instructor.
Athena Title
Media Theory
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EMST 3410
Undergraduate Prerequisite
EMST 3320 and permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course in media theory is designed to provide students with a vocabulary and an array of lenses to analyze and discuss media texts, their audiences, and influence. Students will read and apply theories to media case studies. By the end of the course students will develop individual understandings of how theory informs their creative practices.
Topical Outline
Mass Society Theories Media Effects and Propaganda Critical Theory Structuralism/Post-Structuralism Cultural Studies Theories of Race and Representation Feminist Theory Queer Theory
Syllabus