5 Credits
This class applies retorical theory, persiuasion, and public communication into public artifacts, and then ask "how are these things guiding us to think and act?"
The class touches on the following theories and authors: Retorical theory, theories of public communication & persuasion, Aristotle, Walter Fisher, Kenneth Burk, critical theoy, femenist critiszm, idiology critisizm, Marx, Laura Mulvey, Deanna Selnow & Thomas Endres. In this class, a student will learn how to engage in critical consumption of popular artifacts & participate in argumentation and synthesis through peer interaction and essay writing.