GISD 622 Representations of Disability in Society and the Media

This course focuses on issues related to disability and representation in society and the media, including journalism, TV, film, advertising, photography, documentary, comic art and the Internet. Additionally, this course will offer a sampling of the major scholarly perspectives and professional issues in disability studies, media studies, and social policy. This course will encourage students to engage with, as well as critique, disability studies scholarship and representations of disability in society and the media. Lastly, this course will provide a structure for student research and practice into societal and media representations of disability.

3 Credit(s)