- Cours - Sociology of Culture and Media 387-203-FD - 65

This course will help you to develop your sociological thinking as you examine the role of media in society. If offers you basic tools and a methodology for analysis based on the concept of sociological imagination. You learn about culture and its role in society. Does culture hold society together through shared values and norms, or is it merely a tool in the hands of the dominant group to exploit other groups? How about mass media? In what ways does it and culture influence one another? You might have your own ideas about media influence. But what does scholarship say on the subject? You will find answers to all these questions in this course.