CMN 2180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blackboard Learn, Reality Television, Carnivalesque
25 Apr 2016
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Week 1 - the social construction of high and low culture. High culture often looks down at low culture, while low culture often looks at high culture as snobs. A hybrid culture is a combination of high and low culture. Week 2 - de-commercializing music: the popularity of progressive rock. Rock changed the mentality of high and low culture. Week 3 - technological and musical innovation in popular music. Guest speaker will discuss pop culture since the 1980s. Week 4 - sex and gender in music video. Week 5 - popular dramas part i: breaking bad. The section on popular dramas will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on the television drama breaking bad, while the second part will focus on the television drama dexter. Neoliberalism is like capitalism without any rules. Article summaries are due at the beginning of class after reading week. Week 7 - popular dramas part ii: dexter.
