Description: Prereq- uisite(s): upper division standing or consent from instructor. Examines the interconnections of media technologies, modes of audience engagement, and the political and economic contexts of audi- ence formation. Focuses on production sites and distribution and consumption of media. Explores how theoretical frameworks converge in the examination of connections between cultural texts and social contexts and between media and society. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.