Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 204F/G Mapping Media and Cultural Theory

The course explores traditions within media and cultural theory, including traditions such as cultural studies, semiotics, hermeneutics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. These traditions arise from debates around such issues as: audience/reader activity, diversity, context, texts and textual determination, ideology and hegemony, discourse, and socio-cultural constructions.

Prerequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 025a/b, 026a/b, and Computer Science 031a/b, or permission of the Faculty.

3 hours, half course

Academic Calendar