COMM 320 - Introduction to Popular Culture

Credit Hours: 3

Teaches students about the history, evolution, current trends and practices in United States popular culture. The course emphasizes readings and research that deal with the definition of popular culture, genres of popular culture, history of the discipline of popular culture, as well as the topics of race, gender, body images, celebrities, sports, rituals, formulas, stereotypes, and the myths and beliefs associated with popular culture in the United States.