MEDA 450 - Media and Black Experience

Credit(s): 6
6 hours lecture, 6 hours contact
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 287 Modes of Analysis and either HUMN 100 or a course in Black Studies.
This seminar analyzes the relationship of the media (films, TV, radio, and theater) with the members of Black communities: both encoders (writers, performers, creators and entrepreneurs) as well as decoders (audiences and consumers). The seminar focuses on an analysis of the Black cinema as an expression of the evolving consciousness from the perspective of social historians. The students will view and analyze specific feature films, documentaries, TV and radio programs. A Life Arts Project is required. Only open to students in the B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences program.