Law & Media: Contesting Images
LAW 2612
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Analytical Paper Optional: All enrolled students have the option of completing a research paper of at least 20-25 pages, with faculty and peer review of a substantially complete draft. This paper can be used to satisfy the analytical paper requirement for J.D. students.
Prerequisites: None
Exam Type: No Exam
This seminar examines the role of mass media depictions and imagery in shaping perceptions within our increasingly fast-paced and turbulent modern era. It situates this loaded imaging process within an appropriate social and historical context while considering how the quest to maintain a normalized national identity competes with law and evolving notions of culture, race, and gender. Such imaging-commonly a dual process involving contestation between a group’s projected image, and one being projected upon them-will be discussed through law, literature, journalism, and visual media. It further considers such relevant and compelling issues as immigration, citizenship, diversity, propaganda, and the ultimate role of journalism/news media.
Note: This course is not available for cross-registration.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
