L240 1929 STAFF
Literature and Public Life

2:30p-3:45p TR (25) 3 cr.

COAS INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION.

TOPIC: PUBLIC ISSUES: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE

A study of mass media (tv, film, and print) that feature situations, issues, and problems of values or ethics in public life as seen from a variety of viewpoints. Discussion and writing will be directed to the works themselves and to the questions they raise for contemporary life.