English for media is a critical reading and thinking language course designed for the study of terminology, texts, concepts, and theories that relate to dominant media topics. This is an opportunity for graduate students in the Media and Cultural Studies Program to explore most current media debates in the English-speaking world and strengthen their listening, reading, comprehension, and writing skills in the English language. In addition to theoretical texts by critics such as Stewart Hall, Noam Chomsky, Sut Jhally, Bell Hooks and others, students will use important and diverse audio-visual materials, including radio programming, TV shows, and films in order to hone their skills in comprehending and interpreting texts that are written in the English language in the field of media and cultural studies. Other than conducting close readings, working on comprehension, and textual interpretation, students will also learn to listen carefully and write graduate-level responses to texts using accurate and precise vocabulary to articulately convey their ideas in their papers and other assignments.
