SOC 012 PZ -College Stdnt Life in TV & Film

Institution: Pitzer

Description: The editors of Cinematic Sociology, discuss the sociological perspectives of film, asking ?how can film be used by sociologists to better understand the society in which we live?? This course is organized around the question of ?how can film and tv be used to better understand the experience of students in college?? This course focuses on media representations of college student life, linking these to sociological concepts and methods. We will examine how college students (and to a lesser extent graduate students and faculty) are portrayed in movies, documentary films, and in television series. Key sociological concepts will be discussed and used to analyze how major media portrays ?the college experience?, and what similarities and differences there are between how research conceptualizes the college experience and what Hollywood (etc.) portrays. It would be ideal (but not required) for students to have taken at least one introduction to sociology course before taking this class.

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