Power in Entertainment (274-0-1)

Instructors

Aymar Jean Escoffery

Meeting Info

Frances Searle Building 1441: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course examines how power is created, sustained and challenged in entertainment media. Students will learn how and why individuals, groups and corporations achieve and maintain dominance in art, film, television, gaming and digital and social media. Particular attention will be paid to how industries have survived the digital transition. Readings will explore contemporary case studies and debates. Lectures will give theoretical and historical context. This course is intended as an introduction to creative industries and first in a sequence before "Contemporary Television." This course fulfills a prerequisite requirement for the MCI Certificate.

Class Attributes

Attendance at 1st class mandatory

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Communication Studies Majors only until the end of preregistration, after which time enrollment will be open to everyone who has taken the prerequisites.