Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

This course considers the impact and efficacy of social justice media in the 21st century. Tracing the historical development of documentary media and activist practice, the course aims to demonstrate the theoretical and practical dimensions of social change communication including, but not limited to networked cultural production, distribution, and reception. Drawing on literature in cultural theory, communication, and conflict studies the course explores documentary’s potential for resisting neoliberal orthodoxies in higher education, public policy, and film theory. Throughout the semester, we explore the intersection of social justice movements, past and present, and social change media. This course fulfills university PPD requirements.

Student Outcomes

Upon completion of this course students will be able to do the following: 1. Locate, engage with, and deploy relevant academic literature to study of social justice media theory & practice. 2. Identify and analyze the historical, structural, and cultural dimensions of conflict documented in social justice media. 3. Explore methodological approaches to the study of cultural resistance within and through social change documentary and participatory media. 4. Examine the relationship between systemic injustice, structural inequality and cultural hegemony

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