Communication, Journalism, and Media Department

Cultural Commentators

Asian Popular Culture

Students critically analyze Asian popular culture since the 1980s using a cultural ethnographic approach. Students apply the lenses of gender, identity, globalization, and business strategies to examine pop phenomena such as the Korean Wave, Cool Japan, and Cantonese popular music.

Chinese streetwear and its influence by Anahita Sethi

Exploring Korean music of the 1960s and beyond

Yayoi Kusama by Taylor Yates

Vietnamese cuisine by Huong Nguyen

Pokémon and the real world by Jonah Andersen

Creating a Hong Kong Film-inspired Storyboard – Alejandro Mendoza-Garcia

Cultural Theory and Social Justice

In a world of globalization and multiculturalism, communication is critical to understanding. This course explores theoretical approaches to intercultural communication and apply them to specific contexts. Emerging trends in global, ethical, legal, political communication, and social justice issues are studied.

Visual and Global Contexts

This course focuses on understanding visual communication in a global context, such as photojournalism and photo essays. The student will be able to review and reflect on visual communication and their roles in everyday life. As part of the course students will create their own visual work focused on historical and/or contemporary and global perspectives.

Pride in Pictures by Meagan MacNeil

I came across this image recently on the internet when I was reading an article from Metrosource called the “Ultimate guide to NYC pride 2018. I was researching pride parades on the east coast because as a member of the LGBTQ+ community I think it would be something worth going to. The acronym LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning. These pride parades started in 1970, pride and protest marches were held in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco...

The Fourth Estate and its Side Effects – Tamara Petrov

Don McCullin in Kolkata, West Bengal, India by Devany Pitsas

Don McCullin, “began his long and distinguished career in photography more by accident than design” (Don McCullin · biography). He returned home from the National Service with the Royal Air Force and began taking photographs of his friends. After being persuaded to turn them into a newspaper he started off his 50+ year career marking himself as one of the greatest living photographers. Now at age 85, he still takes trips to photograph the bustle of the world around us. McCullin started off...

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