All class materials (readings, films, music, etc.) will be primarily English (subtitles/translations will be utilized when possible) and will be provided digitally by the instructor. As this course considers the role of the mass media in our lives, it will therefore require you to engage a range of media content alongside the assigned class readings, writings, and discussions, allowing you to discern how these media and the way their messages are constructed critically relate to the orientations of our cultural conceptions and how we perceive the world. An awareness of current events and a con