Jun 16, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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MDIA 2171 - African-American Televisual Images


Investigates the construction of televisual imagery, stereotypes, and counter-images of African-American people from the inception of the television age (1948) to the present.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Critique aspects of popular culture mediated by television as they pertain to issues of race.
  • Develop skills with which to deconstruct television programs featuring issues of race from cultural, political, and socio-economic perspectives.
  • The critical examination and analysis of televisual images, stereotypes, myths, and facts in the historic depiction of African-American culture and history.



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