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LAS 109 - Media, Popular Culture, and the Examined Life

3 Credit Hours
Media and popular culture scholar, Stuart Hall, contends that “popular culture is one of the sites where this struggle for and against a culture of the powerful is engaged” and that popular culture “is also the stake to be won or lost in that struggle.” This may be one reason why we increasingly engage with other people via media and popular culture, including (but not limited to) watching our favorite stars in movies and on TV, seeing bands in live concerts, viewing beauty vlogs on YouTube, shopping with friends, or even reading posts from our friends and family on social media. In this class, we will consider what our interactions with media and popular culture say about us as individuals and what roles media and popular culture play in the development and expression of our selves.


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