COMMS 703

Popular Communication and Politics

Description

Explores popular communication across a range of media, genres, texts and technologies to consider the political nature of the cultures, patterns of use, and modes of interpretation that emerge around them. The course will examine the cultural appropriation, adoption, adaptation and distribution of communicative media as well as the political economy of communication, consumer culture and varying forms of fandom.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2026 will be refreshed around November/December.

 

Availability 2026

Not taught in 2026

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

COMMS 703: 30 points