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The formation of identity through popular cultural texts provides a central theme for investigation in communications scholarship. Students will be specifically encouraged to consider how identities are both framed and circulate within and through popular communication and the effects this has on identity formation. Particular attention will be given to the ways that considerations of the Self form within contemporary popular cultural landscapes and the ways that communications texts frame identity construction.

This course examines the relationship between communication and identity formation. With specific attention given to popular cultural texts, including social media, film and music, students will explore how communication and media representations shape conceptions of the Self in contemporary social contexts. With a specific focus on current approaches in communication, media and cultural studies scholarship for considering identity and the Self through popular culture, this course will equip students with analytic skills for understanding the ways identities are framed and formulated via popular culture.