Methods of Media Criticism

Level: Undergraduate, Graduate

Division: The New School for Public Engagement

School: School of Media Studies

Department: Media Studies

Course Number: NMDS 5016

Course Format: Lecture

Location: Online

Permission Required: No

Topics:

• Research Methods
• Media Studies

Description:
Methods of Media Criticism is a writing-intensive course that considers a wide range of approaches to the analysis and evaluation of media artifacts, including objects of study from film, theater, music, literature, games, public address, art and architecture. One feature that often distinguishes media criticism from art and literary criticism is that literary and art criticism typically focus on the work itself, whereas media criticism most often focuses on relationships—relationships among context, creator, artifact, and audience. The course will consider several models for analysis including neo-Aristotelian, narrative, ideological, metaphorical, organic, framing, and a media perspective on social change.

Restrictions:

College

Open to New School Public Engagement students.

Level

Open to Graduate students.

Major

Open to Documentary Media Studies students.

Open to Environmental Studies students.

Open to Global Studies students.

Open to International Affairs students.

Open to Liberal Arts students.

Open to Media Studies students.

Open to Media Management students.

Open to Media Management students.