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New Seminar for the Spring of 2010! |
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Satire TV and the Public Sphere |
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COMM 455 - Advanced Topics in TV Studies - Public Sphere Professor Mauro Porto |
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A new special topics seminar will examine these and other questions in the spring of 2010.
Communication majors have the option of taking this class as a capstone. |
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What are the linkages between Satire TV and the public sphere in the United States?
Do “fake news” shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report create alternative sources of political information and interpretation? Or are they banal forms of entertainment that trivialize politics and disseminate cynicism? |