AP/CMDS 1425 6.00
Youth, media, and culture
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the examination of media produced and consumed by and for young people. Together we will consider how popular media such as television, film, digital media (including games, music, and social media), and print media shape the production, consumption, and representation of youth and youth cultures. Conceptions of “youth” are ideologically charged and thus, we will pay particular attention to how “youth” have been mobilized as social, historical, and political “influencers.” By critically analyzing themes of belonging, racialization, globalization, and youth activism, we will assess how representations of and for youth are inextricably linked to the social and political environments they inhabit.