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2025 Spring

MEDIA REPRESENTATION & SOCIETY - FMS330 Spring 2025


Course
Pavla Jonssonova
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Lessons

Here is the course outline:

1. Introduction to representation, media, culture

Representation is how media texts deal with and present gender, age, ethnicity, national and regional identity, social issues and events to an audience. Media texts have the power to shape an audience’s knowledge and understanding about these important topics. This makes them very powerful in terms of influencing ideas and attitudes

2. Theory/Orientalism

Stuart Hall's theory of representation argues that within a media text, there will oftentimes not be a true representation of events, people, places, or history. Case study Edward Said Orientalism Film: Persepolis 91 min 2008 or https://whereolivetreesweep.com/

3. The Psychology of Media

case study Eurovision

4. Emotions and Media: Religion, Music, Sports

The most-watched event ever was Super Bowl XLIX 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RFXLwZV_fA why?

5. Media Portrails of Groups

6. Advertising

7. Midterm Perlego

Review of 3 pages (750 words) from Perlego Rubric: 20% (A) exceptional Ideas are clearly organized, developed, and supported to achieve a purpose; the purpose is clear. Names, dates, connections, and background reflect more than the required knowledge of class material, readings, lectures, discussions, and your own extracurricular involvement. The main points are clear and organized effectively. The conclusion is satisfying and relates back to the introduction. The student has a clear grasp of the information

8. Midterm Break

9. News

10. Politics: Using News

11. The Media and Violence

12. Sex and the Media

13. Pro-Social Media

14. Final project submission and presentation

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