Sociology 216GM - Generations, Media, & Society

This course will explore the concept of generation within sociology, and its differences from other structural concepts such as class and gender. In particular, the course will concentrate on the generational cultures of the 1960s, the 1980s, and the contemporary millennial generation. It will focus in large part on generational uses of media, and how media use contributes to the rise of generational cultures and consciousness.

Prereq: Sociology 123.