Disability and Mass Media
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Overview
Subject area
DSAB
Catalog Number
242
Course Title
Disability and Mass Media
Department(s)
Description
This course will explore how the public views disabled individuals, and how they view themselves. Students will learn to analyze how disability is portrayed in journalism, photography, film, comic art, advertising and the Internet. The impact of stigma on mass media imagery and representation will be explored. A major emphasis of this course will be the use of social media and other online platforms and their effect on disabled individuals, their construction of identity, and self-representation.
Typically Offered
Winter
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3