AMS 241
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AMS 241 - Popular Culture and Mass Society (4 cr)
InterdisciplinaryHUM - Div of Humanities and Soc Sci
Course Title
Popular Culture and Mass Society
Catalog Description
Popular entertainment as the expression of American cultural values: television, radio, music, and sports; westerns, detective stories, and soap operas. Functional analysis of entertainment as the myth and ritual of mass society. The problems of aesthetic standards in a culture dominated by commercialized taste. Relationships between popular entertainment and political values. Readings from Durkheim, Ellul, McLuhan, Nye, and Browne. (arts & com.).
Course Attributes
- COPT - CSITALA (CSI TALA)
Minimum
4
Max
4
Academic Progress Units
4
Requirement Designation
Regular Liberal Arts
Prerequisites & Corequisites
012480
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Lecture
Contact Hours
4