COMM 420 - Rhetoric of Popular Culture

3 Credit(s)

This course takes seriously the idea human discourse is inherently persuasive. Further, it takes seriously the idea that popular culture is still human culture, and therefore worthy of analysis to understand how it influences human relationships and political struggle. Students will examine the messages and persuasive discourse found in everyday “texts” in film, television, the Internet, music, technology, celebrity, fashion, and other modes of cultural consumption.