AFFILIATE FACULTY,
LAURIE OUELLETTE will be teaching COMM 5211 Critical Media Studies: Theory and
Method this fall. The course will meet on Tuesdays from 1:25 – 3:55pm in Ford
B60. The course is designed to provide a general introduction and overview of
media studies and the interdisciplinary field of critical media studies and is
approved for the MIMS Graduate Minor. See below for more information.
Fall 2016 Graduate Seminar
Critical Media Studies: Theory and Method
Professor Laurie Ouellette
COMM 5211
MIMS Approved
This seminar presents an overview of the interdisciplinary
field of critical media studies. The course is designed to provide a general introduction to media studies (beyond film) and
equip students to teach courses in popular culture, media culture, and new
media. This 5000-level seminar is
limited to graduate students and is approved for the MIMS Graduate Minor.
We will cover seminal approaches to media analysis (cultural
studies, queer media studies, political economy, feminist media studies, post-structuralism,
race and media studies, production studies, fan studies) as well as newer scholarship that connects
media culture to affect theory, global networks and flows, interactivity, and other
emerging topics in the critical humanities and social sciences.
Theory and method will be covered, and students will participate
in weekly analysis of media objects (broadly defined).
