Independent study in special subjects.

Independent study in special subjects.

Independent study in special subjects.

Independent study in special subjects.

Independent study in special subjects.

Independent study in special subjects.

This seminar examines the theoretical perspectives that lie behind the formation of cultural studies. Instead of discussing works claiming to do cultural studies, we will read a number of authors, from whom cultural studies draws its concepts and analytic procedures. Special attention will be given to structuralist and poststructuralist writings. Authors we will read include Derrida, Foucault, Nancy, Althusser, Laclau, Hamacher, and others.

Taking the labor of women?s bodies, specifically the performance and labor of sex as a starting point, this seminar will examine cinematic portrayals of transactional intimacy. By centering working girls the seminar aims to analyze how these figures both fulfill and troubles heteronormative fantasy. The seminar will engage with literature that provides insight to the language around transactional intimacy to engage with the, still, contested field of terminology to center how these working girls define themselves.

This course examines sociotechnical problems with existing modes of social media and works towards building new, affirmative visions for social media through technical and policy means. Students will examine interventions to address problems with contemporary social media and design and develop possible interventions.

Introduction to the structure, process, and logic of quantitative empirical research in communication. Topics include research design, measurement, descriptive and inferential statistics, and basic multivariate analysis. Students acquire an ability to critique various methodological approaches and techniques. Preparation for more advanced courses. Required of all Communication graduate students.