Sociology 316WT - Soci. of 9/11 & War on Terror

We will explore the cultural and political impact;of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.;The media's role in constructing meanings will be;a main organizing focus of the course. Using;readings, discussions, assignments, and films,;the course will allow students to form a picture;of how 9/11 changed America and beyond. Course;topics include: the way the mainstream media;constructed 9/11 and alternate ways they could;have; how popular culture and the Public Sphere;responded; complex historical factors leading up;to 9/11; reasons the attackers say they committed;the attacks; ways the event changed culture and;politics in the world; conspiracy theories.

Prereq: 8 Credits in Sociology.