Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 27, 2024  
Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

COM 237 - Media Criticism (3 Cr.)

(GEN. ED. #9 and #10) (LER – TXT)
This course examines the critical and theoretical approaches to understanding the televisual world. From formalist to feminist and postmodernist theory, students gain an in-depth understanding of the codes and conventions that govern the cultural production of television. Ideological, genre-based, auteurist, and other approaches are examined. Prerequisites: COM 105 ,  , college writing proficiency, and sophomore standing; or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Burton, Zurawik, Marcus.