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Dec 14, 2025
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HUMN 7335 - The Myths of Our Time: Introduction to Media Literacy
Credits: 3
Explores strategies for interpreting a variety of verbal and nonverbal languages and texts - from print ads and commercials to cable news, from political spots and game shows to church bulletins and alumni magazines, and from dress codes to supermarket displays. Students identify and analyze some of the most fundamental myths the culture employs to frame and interpret reality: myths of competition, celebrity, and happiness; the myth of fun (life as entertainment); myths of money, shopping, and the (transcendent) market; and myths of patriotism and the American dream. Students pay particular attention to the representation, in word and image, of gender, race, old age, economic class, childhood, etc. May be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: communication, media, and technology; humanities; human rights and social justice; gender studies; American studies.
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