Communication 397SS - ST-Youth, Democracy & Ent Indu

The entertainment industries are inordinately focused on young people as they represent tremendous market force. How do the imperatives of this market-driven media culture correspond with principles of democracy? Topics to be considered include commercialism & youth identity, culture jamming, global youth protests, race/class inequities, generation debt, urban youth, strategies for organizing youth resistance - all with an eye towards visioning a media system truly guided by principle of democracy. Assignments will integrate arts and media making through projects in visual illustration and blogging.

Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only.