CAS 277D - Media and Diversity, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): CAS 126
This course will critically examine the role of the media in facilitating and challenging the social constructions of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation in our culture. It will take an interdisciplinary approach and will consider the mass media to be one among many other social institutions such as family, education, and religion, which strongly influence our conceptions of ace, class, gender and sexual orientation. The course will address a variety of entertainment and news content in chemical, print and electronic media.