Humanities 3315 Media and Social Justice
TOPIC: Media and Social Justice
Instructor: John De Frank
This course counts as a Humanities or Communication credit and will explore by media, the different social justice issues that are current in the news during the semester. The course will analyze and compare through print, video and audio stories, mainstream and alternative media as well as the different angles to a story told by different news agencies. Through this process, students will gain an understanding of different social injustices happening in our society by focusing on selected social justice topics, current laws, legislation, and policies as well as movements and remedies. The course will examine four social justice topics looking at the history, the current situation, the political and legal implications and how the media is covering the stories and the public opinion. Some of the Social Justice topics may include but not limited to civil rights issues, racism, gender inequality, LGBTQA rights, ageism, income inequality, healthcare, war and oppression and environmental rights to name a few. Students will also develop skills through a project-based learning semester assignment by producing a social justice themed media story.